Vietnam: Southern region tightens preventive measures against Covid-19 as cases still rising in country

Health officials take samples for testing for Covid-19 at an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District after a resident tested positive on May 27. - Vietnam News/ANN

HO CHI MINH, May 29 (Vietnam News/ANN): Following instructions from the People’s Committee, the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City’s Military and Security Training Centre has now set up a new quarantine area with 600 beds and admitted 473 people.

The People’s Committee has approved the renewed use of university dormitories to quarantine people who come into close contact with patients, and the temporary use of the Can Gio Hospital – Base 2 with 300 beds as a quarantine facility.