26,000 medical staff, students to support Bac Giang and Bac Ninh in fighting COVID-19

PSNews - About 26,000 medical staff and students have registered by Saturday to aid the COVID-19 battle in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang province, in response to a recent call of the Ministry of Health.
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Medical staff and students of the Ministry of Public Security on their way to Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to support the fight against COVID-19.
Medical staff and students of the Ministry of Public Security on their way to Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to support the fight against COVID-19.

About 26,000 medical staff and students have registered by Saturday to aid the COVID-19 battle in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang province, in response to a recent call of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry announced on May 30.

Currently, more than 2,300 lecturers and students of medical and pharmaceutical universities and colleges are in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang province to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health.

Earlier, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has called for students at medical and pharmaceutical universities and colleges nationwide to help Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces in their COVID-19 fight.

“The complex COVID-19 situation requires great efforts from the health sector. Therefore, I appeal for medical and pharmaceutical universities and colleges nationwide to organize training for officers and students on giving vaccines; taking samples and testing; treating and preventing cross-infection. The Health Ministry will mobilize human resources to support pandemic-hit localities, especially Bac Giang and Bac Ninh", Minister Long said.

As of June 1, Vietnam has confirmed 5,733 local infections along with 1,503 imported ones. Most notably, a total of 4,163 locally-transmitted cases have been confirmed in the latest COVID-19 wave which hit the country in late April.

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