The hospital however would still perform Covid-19 testing and treat existing coronavirus patients, said the municipal Department of Health.

To fill the void left by the locked down hospital, Cu Chi District Hospital and Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital would take its place starting Saturday afternoon.

The HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases in the afternoon of June 12, 2021.

On Saturday morning, three employees of the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases tested positive for the coronavirus. They are two IT staff and an administrator, who is the wife of one of the IT employees.

The husband and wife pair lives in Hoc Mon District, while the other case resides in the Ehome 1 apartment complex of Binh Tan District. Another complex of the same apartment building, Ehome 3, had already formed part of a major coronavirus cluster with no known infection source in the city.

The HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases is the southern metropolis's frontline facility in the Covid-19 fight. Cu Chi District Hospital and Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital had recently been re-oriented to specialize in treating Covid-19 patients, should HCMC record around 5,000 Covid-19 cases.

So far, the city has recorded 650 Covid-19 cases in the nation's latest coronavirus wave since late April.

Bac Giang: 431 Covid-19 patients discharged from hospitals

(BGO) – On June 8, Bac Giang province had 61 more Covid-19 patients were released from hospitals, reported the Department of Health. 

More donations to Covid-19 vaccine fund

The Covid-19 vaccine fund continues to receive donations from many organisations and individuals both in and outside the country.

Bac Giang lychee safe from Covid-19

As the latest outbreak of Covid-19 continues to make its presence felt in Bac Giang province, local lychee growers are focusing on protecting their crop. A host of measures have been adopted to ensure their lychees are safe from the disease.

Bac Giang aims to see no more Covid-19 cases after June 21

(BGO) - The People's Committee of Bac Giang province has directed the People's Committees of districts and Bac Giang city and the provincial Industrial Parks Management Board to devise plans to control the Covid-19 epidemic in the province, with the goal of having no new cases detected after June 21.

Heat-resistant Covid-19 testing chambers put into operation to facilitate frontliners

An air-conditioned chamber has been put into operation in Tan Yen District Health Centre in Bac Giang province to facilitate frontline workers collecting samples for Covid-19 testing, amid the intense heat in the North in recent days.

Source: VnExpress