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Hanoi: mobile clinics to treat mild Covid cases

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Hanoi has changed its view about the treatment of positive Covid cases and the home quarantine of their close contacts.

Hanoi: mobile clinics to treat mild Covid cases

Deputy Director of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Hanoi Khong Minh Tuan said asymptomatic positive cases won’t be hospitalized for concentrated treatment, and Hanoi will set up mobile clinics to treat mild cases.

The model of mobile clinics in Hanoi has differed from that in HCM City. In HCM City, positive cases stay at home and medical workers go to their homes to give examinations and provide drugs.

In Hanoi, mobile clinics have received patients and treated them at certain places (cultural houses or facilities). All districts, communes and wards arrange facilities for gathering and treating asymptomatic cases.

Hanoi plans to establish 508 mobile clinics, including 20 commune clinics located in industrial zones and export processing zones.

Truong Thuy Phong, Director of Ha Dong Medical Center, told VietNamNet that the center is checking possible locations.

The center on November 16 found two wards which have favorable conditions to serve as treatment facilities. Phu Luong 2 Preschool in Phu Luong Ward is one of the two facilities.

“It is difficult to find suitable locations because a facility needs to be large enough for 150-200 patients and have toilets and shower,” he said.

Previously, Ha Dong district had 17 clinics located at cultural houses which treat patients at home, a model like the one in HCM City. Medical staff visit patients’ houses to treat them.

However, Hanoi doesn’t give treatment to patients at their homes, but sees patients at certain facilities under local management. They have to change locations, because the cultural houses are small and are located in residential quarters.

Phu Do Ward is now a hotbed with complicated developments. There are positive Covid cases with unclear sources of infection.

The locality has a small area and high population, where a village community culture exists. Locals have the habit of communicating and visiting each other every day, so it faces a high risk of rapid spread of the virus.

The municipal authorities said one mobile clinic should be set up in every ward and commune.

According to Nguyen Anh Tuan, Head of Nam Tu Liem District Healthcare Sub-department, 10 clinics in 10 wards of the district have been set up and have enough workers.

“The purpose of mobile clinics is treating patients at home, but Hanoi doesn’t plan to treat them at home,” Tuan said.

“There’s a high number of cases in Phu Do Ward, so the district has activated the mobile clinic located at Phu Do Primary School, prepared six sickrooms and medical equipment. Once the city allows to treat them at home, the force will be able to work immediately,” he explained.

Le Van Chu, Deputy Chair of Phu Do Ward, said the district’s medical center on November 15 began building a mobile clinic which will be completed soon. The clinic will provide initial health examinations to people.

Home quarantine for close contacts?

While other cities and provinces have successfully applied the model of allowing close contacts of positive cases to have home quarantine, Hanoi has decided to allow home quarantine on a ‘trial basis’.

If satisfying the requirements set by the Ministry of Health (MOH), Hanoi should apply the home quarantine model immediately. There is no need to undergo implementation on trial or pilot basis, because the model has been applied in many other cities and provinces and has shown its advantages.

Meanwhile, experts have repeatedly urged Hanoi to follow the model immediately.

Tuan of CDC Hanoi said home quarantine for positive cases is not a new model as it has been applied in many other cities and provinces. But it has not been used in Hanoi so far, and Hanoi is just ‘piloting’ the model.

“Home quarantine for positive cases is just temporary, and if it is not okay, the pilot program will be stopped,” Tuan said. “Hanoi People’s Committee’s Official Telegram No 23 also says the home quarantine will be implemented until there is new notice from the municipal authorities.”

Tuan pointed out that the risk of the virus spread is very high in Hanoi, with its high population, so it’s necessary to consider the home quarantine model thoroughly.

Some areas in Hanoi are allowing patients’ close contacts, including old people, people with underlying health conditions, and pregnant women and children, to have home quarantine.

To be able to have home quarantine, they must have favorable conditions like private rooms and private toilets, have relatives to take care of them, and satisfy requirements on waste collection. They also must have periodic testing.

Tran Dac Phu, former Head of the Preventive Medicine Agency and Senior Expert of the Vietnam Public Health Emergency Operation Centre , affirmed that if satisfying the requirements set by the Ministry of Health (MOH), Hanoi should apply the home quarantine model immediately. There is no need to undergo implementation on trial or pilot basis, because the model has been applied in many other cities and provinces and has shown its advantages.

Phu stressed that concentrated quarantine for all close contacts of positive Covid cases as currently applied is not necessary, because the vaccination rate in Hanoi is relatively high. Moreover, as people have to adapt to the pandemic, their awareness about applying anti-pandemic measures has been heightened.

Nguyen Huy Nga, an expert in preventive medicine, agrees with Phu.

“My view is that Hanoi should abandon concentrated quarantine,” he said.

An official in Cau Giay District said there are currently a high number of close contacts of Covid patients in the locality, and if they all were put under concentrated quarantine, this would put pressure on infrastructure. 

Huong Quynh – N. Huyen

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/en/feature/hanoi-mobile-clinics-to-treat-mild-covid-cases-794295.html

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Vietnamese woman extradited from Indonesia after 8-year evasion of international wanted notice

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A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol for an investigation into a fraud case dating back to 2015, local police said on Wednesday.

Nguyen Thi Anh Nga, a 36-year-old from Dong Thap Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, has been wanted internationally since 2015 after fraudulently appropriating over VND3 billion (US$127,591) from various individuals.

Nga then fled Vietnam to work in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia.

Police in Indonesia arrested Nga on March 7.

After discussing with their Indonesian counterparts, Interpol Vietnam brought Nga to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and handed her over to Dong Thap police officers for an investigation into the case.

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A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol for an investigation into a fraud case dating back to 2015, local police said on Wednesday.

Nguyen Thi Anh Nga, a 36-year-old from Dong Thap Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, has been wanted internationally since 2015 after fraudulently appropriating over VND3 billion (US$127,591) from various individuals.

Nga then fled Vietnam to work in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia.

Police in Indonesia arrested Nga on March 7.

After discussing with their Indonesian counterparts, Interpol Vietnam brought Nga to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and handed her over to Dong Thap police officers for an investigation into the case.

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Two children die following suspected dog bite in north-central Vietnam

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Two children from Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam have died following suspected dog bites.

Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital confirmed on Wednesday it had recently received two young patients in critical conditions.

Doctors believed that the patients had been bitten by dogs and were infected with rabies.

In the first case, three-year-old L.B.T. showed symptoms, such as vomiting and convulsions, before his family took him to a district hospital for examination.  

T. was then transferred to Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency treatment, with symptoms including respiratory failure, prolonged convulsions, profuse sputum secretion, and dread of wind and water.

Family members said T. often played with dogs and cats, and that a dog raised by the family recently died of unknown causes.

Doctors diagnosed T. with rabies.

Despite the treatment, the young boy eventually passed away.

The second patient, nine-year-old V.Q.H., also contracted rabies and did not survive.

Doctors said the patient did not receive any vaccination after coming into contact with an infected animal.

Rabies is a dangerous infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans mainly through bites or wounds, said Dr. Tran Van Cuong, head of the emergency department at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

The fatality rate of rabies is nearly 100 percent, and there is no specific treatment for the disease.

Vaccination is still the only effective way to prevent rabies for people bitten by dogs, Cuong stated.

Nearly 520,000 dogs are raised by residents in Nghe An, of which only 20 percent are vaccinated, according to the provincial department of livestock and veterinary medicine.

The province recorded five deaths by rabies in 2022.

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Two children from Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam have died following suspected dog bites.

Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital confirmed on Wednesday it had recently received two young patients in critical conditions.

Doctors believed that the patients had been bitten by dogs and were infected with rabies.

In the first case, three-year-old L.B.T. showed symptoms, such as vomiting and convulsions, before his family took him to a district hospital for examination.  

T. was then transferred to Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency treatment, with symptoms including respiratory failure, prolonged convulsions, profuse sputum secretion, and dread of wind and water.

Family members said T. often played with dogs and cats, and that a dog raised by the family recently died of unknown causes.

Doctors diagnosed T. with rabies.

Despite the treatment, the young boy eventually passed away.

The second patient, nine-year-old V.Q.H., also contracted rabies and did not survive.

Doctors said the patient did not receive any vaccination after coming into contact with an infected animal.

Rabies is a dangerous infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans mainly through bites or wounds, said Dr. Tran Van Cuong, head of the emergency department at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

The fatality rate of rabies is nearly 100 percent, and there is no specific treatment for the disease.

Vaccination is still the only effective way to prevent rabies for people bitten by dogs, Cuong stated.

Nearly 520,000 dogs are raised by residents in Nghe An, of which only 20 percent are vaccinated, according to the provincial department of livestock and veterinary medicine.

The province recorded five deaths by rabies in 2022.

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Vietnam’s Dien Bien to close airport for 8-month expansion project

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has issued a decision to temporarily shut Dien Bien Airport in the namesake northern upland province for eight months for an upgrade and expansion, starting from mid-April.

The airport, located in Thanh Truong Ward in Dien Bien Phu City, will be closed from April 15 to December 17 this year.

The current Dien Bien Airport was restored from Muong Thanh Airport, which was constructed by the French.

The airport has a runway which is 1,830 meters in length and 30 meters in width, three aprons, and a passenger terminal that was built in 2004 and has an annual capacity of 300,000 passengers.

Due to the short runway and simple landing systems, Dien Bien Airport only serves ATR 72 turboprops and Embraer 190 jets, which can transport a maximum 114 passengers.

The Dien Bien Airport expansion project is aimed at making it capable of handling modern Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and the equivalent airliners.

VASCO, a subsidiary of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, and Bamboo Airways are operating air routes connecting Dien Bien with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam is in charge of managing and operating Dien Bien Airport.

Work on the Dien Bien Airport expansion project started on January 22 last year, with total capital of nearly VND1.47 trillion (US$62.3 million) sourced from the Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Dien Bien Province set aside VND1.56 trillion ($66.1 million) from its budget for site clearance.

The project includes lengthening the runway to 2,400 meters and widening it to 45 meters, rebuilding runway turn pads, building more taxiways, installing light systems, and developing some supporting components.

After the expansion project is completed, the passenger terminal of Dien Bien Airport will have two floors and an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers.

The project is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2023.

The Dien Bien People’s Committee had earlier sent a dispatch to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam reaching a consensus on temporarily closing Dien Bien Airport from April 1, but work on some components was delayed, scrapping the plan.

In 2019, Dien Bien welcomed some 845,000 tourists, with 25,300 of them traveling to the province by air, local media reported.

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has issued a decision to temporarily shut Dien Bien Airport in the namesake northern upland province for eight months for an upgrade and expansion, starting from mid-April.

The airport, located in Thanh Truong Ward in Dien Bien Phu City, will be closed from April 15 to December 17 this year.

The current Dien Bien Airport was restored from Muong Thanh Airport, which was constructed by the French.

The airport has a runway which is 1,830 meters in length and 30 meters in width, three aprons, and a passenger terminal that was built in 2004 and has an annual capacity of 300,000 passengers.

Due to the short runway and simple landing systems, Dien Bien Airport only serves ATR 72 turboprops and Embraer 190 jets, which can transport a maximum 114 passengers.

The Dien Bien Airport expansion project is aimed at making it capable of handling modern Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft and the equivalent airliners.

VASCO, a subsidiary of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, and Bamboo Airways are operating air routes connecting Dien Bien with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam is in charge of managing and operating Dien Bien Airport.

Work on the Dien Bien Airport expansion project started on January 22 last year, with total capital of nearly VND1.47 trillion (US$62.3 million) sourced from the Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Dien Bien Province set aside VND1.56 trillion ($66.1 million) from its budget for site clearance.

The project includes lengthening the runway to 2,400 meters and widening it to 45 meters, rebuilding runway turn pads, building more taxiways, installing light systems, and developing some supporting components.

After the expansion project is completed, the passenger terminal of Dien Bien Airport will have two floors and an annual capacity of 500,000 passengers.

The project is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2023.

The Dien Bien People’s Committee had earlier sent a dispatch to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam reaching a consensus on temporarily closing Dien Bien Airport from April 1, but work on some components was delayed, scrapping the plan.

In 2019, Dien Bien welcomed some 845,000 tourists, with 25,300 of them traveling to the province by air, local media reported.

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