Capital supports COVID-19 hotspot Bac Giang

May 19, 2021 9:00 AM GMT+7

VGP – Ha Noi has received over 10,000 Covid samples from Bac Giang province over the past two days as part of its support for the disease hotspot, according to the Ha Noi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

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The CDC received 8,627 swabs from Lang Giang district on May 17 and 2,317 others on May 18. 

On May 18, health professionals of the Ha Noi’s Department of Health worked with authorities in Lang Giang district, one of the heavily affected areas in Bac Giang, to review the anti-pandemic tasks and discuss the cooperation.

The professionals have held two training workshops on contact tracing and quarantine management for local medical workers.

Chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh said before the professionals' departure to Bac Giang that sending leading health experts is a way to stand shoulder to shoulder with the locality.

Both Ha Noi and Bac Giang are affected by the fresh outbreak of coronavirus with 246 and 517 infections, respectively./.

By Kim Anh

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