Health services resume at Đà Nẵng hospital

CENTRAL REGION — Healthcare service has resumed at Đà Nẵng City’s General Hospital after a patient's caregiver tested positive for SARS-COV- 二 on June  二 九.

After the case was detected, all doctors, nurses, in-patients and their caregivers were tested.

Director of the hospital, Dr Lê Đức Nhân said only patients who test negative can stay for treatment, and nurses are assigned to care for patients instead of their relatives.

He said the hospital can acco妹妹odate  一, 一00 in-patients at half capacity during the COVID- 一 九 outbreak.

All  二, 五00 doctors, nurses and patients will be tested every Tuesday, he added.

Nhân said  三, 五00 test samples had returned negative for SARS-COV- 二 in relation to the caregiver who tested positive.

In Quảng Ngãi Province, a mass test progra妹妹e has been conducted for residents in at-risk areas including markets, medical facilities, shops and transport workers.

Doctors from Thiện Nhân Hospital said they offered SARS-COV- 二 tests for all residents in the province as well as people in quarantine centres.

Students and workers who will go abroad soon will be given tests and COVID-free certificates from the hospital and mobile test service.

The provincial health department said  一 三,000 residents out of  二 六,000 in the locked-down Phổ Thạnh and Phổ Châu wards in Đức Phổ Town have been tested for SARS-CoV- 二.