Deputy PM supervises COVID-19 treatment facilities in HCMC

VGP – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on July 27 visited quarantine camps and COVID-19 treatment facilities in Ho Chi Minh City - currently the epicenter of Viet Nam's fourth COVID-19 wave.

July 27, 2021 5:14 PM GMT+7

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam (first, right) talks with doctors working at Cho Ray Hospital - a key treatment facility for the sickest COVID-19 patients. He emphasizes that the top priority is to reduce the number of coronavirus-related deaths while strictly implementing the Government’s Directive No.16/CT-TTg on social distancing– Photo: VGP/Dinh Nam

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam inspect a vaccination site at 175 Military Hospital.- Photo: VGP/Dinh Nam

He inspects a 200-bed COVID-19 treatment facility located at 175 Military Hospital. – Photo: VGP/Dinh Nam

Director of the 175 Military Hospital Nguyen Hong Son briefs the Deputy PM on the hospital’s key tasks in the COVID-19 fight to the Deputy PM – Photo: Vietnamnet.

Deputy PM Vu lauds 175 Military Hospital's achievements in the pandemic prevention and control work – Photo: Vietnamnet

As of morning on July 27, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 68,271 locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases since April 27 when the fourth wave of COVID-19 resurgence began.

By Thuy Dung