With Sa Dec General Hospital in Dong Thap Province being locked down since July 6, free meals are being provided to patients. (Photo: VNA) Dong Thap and Long An provinces lead in the number of cases.
In Dong Thap, the worst hit with 478 cases as of July 9, Chau Thanh districtalone accounts for 240. Authorities are carrying out widespread testing in thedistrict.
The province has set up two teams for COVID-19 prevention and control and has ahierarchy of health establishments for treatment: Patients without symptoms aretreated in the field hospital at its Military School, those with symptoms aretreated at district-level health centres and severe cases to the Lung Hospitaland General Hospital.
The province plans to set up three more field hospitals following the increasein incidence and fears of a worsening situation.
Long An province has had 253 COVID-19 cases.
The outbreak in the province is related to clusters at PouYuen Company and HoChi Minh City’s Binh Dien and Hoc Mon wholesale markets.
The Long An Province Department of Health has made preparations to treat asmany as 2,000 patients at a time, and 5-10 percent more severe cases.
The Dong Thap Muoi Regional General Hospital treats patients with mildsymptoms, more severe patients are treated at district health centres and fieldhospitals, and the worst affected at the Long An Lung Hospital and Long AnGeneral Hospital.
The province has six field hospitals and 42 mandatory quarantinefacilities.
The Department of Health has called for preventing people from COVID-19-hitareas in HCM City and other provinces in the Mekong Delta from travelling onroads and waterways.
The province is testing employees at companies, especially those with suspectedincidence, until July 23, and mass testing in residential areas will be carriedout subsequently.
Every day it carries out 15,600 quick tests.
The province mandated social distancing under the Government’s Directive 16 in DucHoa, Ben Luc, Can Duoc, and Can Giuoc districts, and Tan An city from July 8.
Public transport there has been halted since July 9.
Social distancing under the less stringent Directive No 15 is in place in theprovince’s remaining districts.
Other Mekong Delta provinces and Can Tho city have also seen an increase incoronavirus incidence.
An Giang increased its tally to 99 on July 9.
It has social distancing under Directive No 16 in An Phu district’s Long Binh townbecause of the high incidence there.
Vinh Long province’s tally had increased to 57 as of July 8.
Preventive measures are in place in Vinh Long city and the districts of BinhTan, Long Ho and Tam Binh.
Cà Mau Province had 12 cases as of July 8. It started halting non-essentialservices on the same day, eateries are prohibited from selling takeaway, andpeople have been told to go outside only if necessary.
Ca Mau and other delta provinces such as Tien Giang require people from otherprovinces and cities to furnish coronavirus negative tests within the lastthree days to enter.
Bac Lieu requires people coming from HCM City and the provinces of Binh Duong, DongNai, Long An, An Giang, and Tien Giang to go into mandatory quarantine for 21days.
Can Tho city has strengthened control at checkpoints and temporarily bannedpublic transport vehicles coming on ferries from Vinh Long, Dong Thap and otherplaces./.
VNA
