The Ministry of Health on July 30 decided to dispatch more specialists to coronavirus hit Da Nang to help the central city efficiently deal with the virus outbreak.

Transfering severe cases to the centrally run Hue hospital in Hue city (Photo:TTO) 

They include specialists from the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Environment Management Department, the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control, alongside the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute and Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute.

They will work closely together with the three special working teams the Ministry of Health dispatched on July 25.

The ministry also decided to mobilize hundreds of students from Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy to get involved in the fight against COVID-19 in Da Nang.

The ministry has provided 10 ventilators and N95 respirators for hospitals in Da Nang and Hue.

The centrally-run Hue Hospital in Hue city has received 11 COVID-19 patients transferred from Da Nang under the Prime Minister’s instructions. One of the patient is in critical condition and is on a ventilator.