Vietnam: Fifteen Covid-19 convalescents volunteer to donate plasma
Of the fifteen volunteers, two are health workers and two foreigners.
Of the fifteen volunteers, two are health workers and two foreigners.
If the number of patients increases sharply, the number of beds at the hospital can be raised to 2,000.
When infected with Covid-19, people at high risk of aggravation are the elderly (over 60 years old) with pre-existing diseases, obesity or exhaustion.
The first batch of Vingroup's ventilators for Covid-19 patients is expected to be delivered on May 15.
Plasma can be extracted from those who have recovered from Covid-19 to treat critical novel coronavirus patients.
“Convalescent plasma” contains anti-virus antibodies, when injected into Covid-19 patients, antibodies will support coronavirus ailing patients to fight the viruses.
Vietnam is trying to produce invasive and non-invasive ventilators to replace imported ones.
All 27 people have tested negative for the new coronavirus at least twice in a row, meeting the criteria set by the Ministry of Health for their discharge.
UDIC has mobilized its human and material resources to work three shifts per day to soon put the hospital into operation.
The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases second branch can provide treatment for one thousand Covid-19 patients.