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The hospital plans to inject about 800 people each day, using a vaccination model that is being implemented in France, with all safety process ensured and timely handling of post-injection reactions if any.
After the injection, the recipients must wait for about 30 minutes for post-injection monitoring and can go home afterwards if they are normal. Before leaving, each will be informed of the specific appointment schedule for their second dose injection, which is set four weeks after the 1st dose as recommended by the manufacturers.
After receiving their full two doses, the vaccinated person will receive a digital vaccination certificate via email with full information written in English, French and Vietnamese, making it easy for them to move to other countries.
Vincent Floreani, Consul General of France in Ho Chi Minh City, thanked the Government of Vietnam for supporting the vaccination programme for the French community, stating that FV Hospital is capable of effectively executing other large-scale vaccination campaigns.
On the same day, the Hanoi People's Committee issued a document unifying the form of papers used for a number of subjects eligible for travelling in the capital city during the current social distancing period.
Hanoi is under a 15-day social distancing order with restricted travel and the local authorities have decided to grant specific licences allowing travel for those conducting genuinely necessary tasks, such as providing essential goods and services, handling of confidential financial data, and other necessary tasks, during said period.
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The Field Hospital no. 16 will be urgently upgraded into a COVID-19 Intensive Care Centre in the next few days. (Photo: HVĐ)
In Ho Chi Minh City, Field Hospital no. 16 in District 7 will be urgently upgraded into a COVID-19 Intensive Care Centre within the next five days to provide treatment to severely-ill patients.
The 500-bed facility is supported by doctors from the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital and its director, Prof., Dr. Nguyen Quang Tuan, will also take the lead at the centre.
Doctor Huynh Xuan Nghiem, Executive Director of Field Hospital no. 16, said that the hospital can be extended to nearly 3,000 beds with 350 oxygen systems and 20 specialised ventilators.
This morning (July 30), 4,992 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded, with the current biggest hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City logging the most at 2,740.
The national tally of COVID-19 patients reached 133,405, including 31,780 recoveries. Currently, there are four localities that have experienced at least 14 days without new infections, namely Yen Bai, Dien Bien, Quang Ninh and Bac Kan.
The sub-section on treatment of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced 159 deaths due to COVID-19 from July 27 to 29, 132 of which were recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, lifting the country's death toll to 1,022.
On July 29, 208,041 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were delivered, raising the total number of injected doses to nearly 5.53 million. Over 4.98 million people have received their first shots, while 546,402 others have got their full two shots.
