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From February 23 to 25, the Military Command of Quang Binh Province coordinated with the province’s Department of Health to conduct free testing for more than 1,000 enlisted citizens.

On February 24, the People’s Committee of Can Tho City agreed to perform COVID-19 testing for young people joining military service in 2021. Citizens returning to Can Tho from the epidemic-risk areas in particular are offered PCR quick tests.

Hanoi has finished testing for 3,659 citizens participating in military service and 854 citizens in police service (including the reserve force). The test samples have been sent to Hanoi Centre for Disease Control and the results will be announced on the afternoon of February 25.

According to the Department of Health of Thanh Hoa Province, from late January up to now, the surveillance system in Thanh Hoa has reviewed, traced, monitored, isolated and sampled 5,399 citizens, with 7,012 tests carried out. 59 foreign experts isolated at FLC Hotel had their first negative test results for SARS-CoV-2 virus and more than 3,500 young people preparing to join the army have also tested negative.

Medical staff guide citizens in making medical declarations when they come for medical examination and treatment at Bim Son General Hospital, Thanh Hoa Province. (Photo: NDO/Mai Luan)

On February 24, Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Standing Deputy Secretary Le Van Hieu said that from February 25, localities in the northern province will simultaneously organise testing for SARS-CoV-2 for those working in husbandry and agricultural production, aimed at facilitating the export and consumption of Hai Duong agricultural products in the domestic market while ensuring safety against COVID-19.

On the same day, Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People’s Committee Luu Van Ban asked Kim Thanh District to drastically suppress the outbreak in the locale with accelerating tracing and testing for high-risk subjects.

According to the Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Hai Phong City, after detecting positive cases in the port city, the whole locale has restarted the operation of 2,500 community-based COVID-19 prevention and control groups with more than 30,000 participants. Social distancing measures have been implemented across the whole city under Directive 15 of the Prime Minister, with 5,000 beds prepared for centralised isolation. More than 2,600 samples taken on a large scale in the isolated areas with COVID-19 patients in Hai Phong have given negative results (1st time).

According to the Labour Federation of Hung Yen Province, as of February 24, there were 125 enterprises in industrial zones in the province coordinating with qualified COVID-19 testing facilities to take samples for 19,572 labourers, with over 16,000 samples showing negative results.

On February 24, Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee allowed service establishments in the province to reopen from 0:00 on February 25, except for non-essential services including bars, discos, beer clubs, karaoke parlours, spas, saunas, casinos and video game establishments. Bac Ninh also decided to allow local students to return to school from March 1 but are continuing to implement measures to limit crowds and religious gathering activities, and continuing to pause the welcoming of visitors and suspend festival activities until further notice.

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Covid-19 patients treated in Hai Duong. Photo: Ministry of Health

Vietnam has entered the third Covid-19 wave since January 27. Up to 811Covid-19 patients have been recorded in 13 provinces and cities out of a total of 2,403 cases since the beginning of 2020.

Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Health Ministry, said in the new wave of epidemic, 83% of Covid-19 patients had mild symptoms, which are difficult to detect at medical facilities.

Therefore, the Ministry of Health has issued new guidelines for care of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 at medical examination and treatment facilities.

The data show that Covid-19 patients have a wide range of clinical manifestations, from asymptomatic infections to severe clinical manifestations.

According to the latest guidance of the Ministry of Health, the incubation period of SARS-CoV-2 is 2-14 days, 5-7 days on average.

Common onset symptoms are fever, dry cough, fatigue and muscle aches. Some patients have sore throat, stuffy nose, runny nose, headache, productive cough, vomiting and diarrhea.

Only 14% of patients with severe developments such as pneumonia or severe pneumonia need specialized treatment at health facilities.

About 5% need treatment in intensive care units with acute respiratory symptoms (rapid breathing, difficulty breathing, cyanosis…), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, organ failure including kidney damage and myocardial damage, leading to death, especially in the elderly and those who have a chronic illness or suffer from immunodeficiency.

According to the Ministry of Health’s regulations, Covid-19 patients are eligible to declare recovery when their fever has been gone for at least 3 days and they have had 3 consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart from each other.

In Vietnam, the number of child patients with Covid-19 is low. Most infected children have milder clinical manifestations than adults, or have no symptoms. Common signs in children are fever and cough, or symptoms of pneumonia.

By February 25, there were 604 Covid-19 patients under treatment, including two very serious cases who need EMO intervention.

Patient 1536, who is a 79-year-old woman returning from the US, is the most serious Covid-19 case in Vietnam, even worse than former patient 91, a British pilot. The woman is staying at the Da Nang Lung and Respiratory Diseases Hospital. She has a medical history of diabetes and high blood pressure. The Ministry of Health has held six national consultations on her case.

Another case in critical condition is patient 1823, a 65-year-old man from Hanoi’s Me Linh District. He has been treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases since February 2. ECMO machine is being used. He tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time.

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A man in Hanoi has tested positive again for Covid-19 right after being released from a local hospital.

According to the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control, Patient 1819, who is a 51-year-old woman in Dich Vong Ward, Cau Giay District, was sent to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on January 31.

After being treated, she then tested negative for Covid-19 for the three times in a row on February, 14, 17 and 20 before being discharged from hospital on February 21.

On February 24, she was provided with the fourth Covid-19 test which, however, showed a positive result this morning, February 25.

Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, said that Covid-19 relapses often do not infect others.

She has been brought back to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases for the treatment.

So far, many people in Vietnam have been re-infected with Covid-19 after their recovery. The relapse would be caused by dead fragments of the virus.