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Hospitals asked to boost COVID-19 testing, distancing

Hospitals asked to boost COVID-19 testing, distancing

(VOVWORLD) - Hospitals and universities must implement strict distancing measures, review treatment methods, and classify patients, according to an emergency telegram from the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Doctors visit COVID-19 patients in Hai Duong province in northern Vietnam. (Photo: Ministry of Health)  

The telegram requires private hospitals to limit the admission of non-emergency patients and patients with stable illnesses, arrange a buffer treatment zone for emergency patients who are waiting for COVID-19 test results, conduct frequent COVID-19 tests for medical staff, patients, and their family members, and only send patients with a negative test result to another hospital.

Provincial health centers must continue to monitor discharged patients, it said.

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