With 300 beds each, the two hospitals are to be established at the medical centres of Tien Du and Gia Binh districts.
They will handle sample collection for COVID-19 testing, treatment, and quarantine to promptly curb the spread of the disease and minimise the number of fatalities.
As of noon on May 10, the province had recorded 102 infections in six of its eight localities, with Thuan Thanh district’s Mao Dien commune the hotspot, with 79 cases. The source of infections was the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, with all cases being under quarantine and treatment at the Bac Ninh General Hospital.
The province has applied social distancing measures throughout Thuan Thanh district from May 9./
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