Hai Duong, Vietnam’s largest COVID-19 hotspot at the moment, has received billions of VND together with medical supplies and necessities from a number of donors to help it deal with the COVID-19 resurgence.
Property developer Ecopark Hai Duong on February 2 donates 10,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to help Hai Duong fight COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Duong (VNA) – Hai Duong, Vietnam’s largestCOVID-19 hotspot at the moment, has received billions of VND together with medicalsupplies and necessities from a number of donors to help it deal with theCOVID-19 resurgence.
Local property developer Ecopark Hai Duong on February 2donated a total 12.2 billion VND (approximately 530,700 USD) in cash andmedical supplies to aid the northern province’s COVID-19 response.
The donation includes 10,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits and 5billion VND in cash for the province to build and operate a new wastewatertreatment system at its COVID-19 hospital. The company also presented 200million VND to support officers and people stationed at local checkpoints.
On the same day, Dai An JSC handed over 5 billion VND incash to help the province purchase rapid test kits and 750 aid packages topeople in the pandemic-hit commune of Le Loi, the province’s Chi Linh City.Petrolimex Hai Duong, meanwhile, donated 50 million VND and 20,000 medicalmasks.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen DuongThai expressed his gratitude towards the companies’ gesture, saying such timelyreliefs have come to Hai Duong at the time of hardship, particularly when theprovince is working day and night to conduct mass COVID-19 testing in severalareas.
The support will motivate those who are working at the frontline in the battle against pandemic, he said,calling for more support and sharing from the business community and donors tohelp the province keep COVID-19 at bay.
A day prior, the provincial Fatherland Front Committeereceived more than 4.3 billion VND in cash alongside necessity goods sent byenterprises and individual donors for its COVID-19 prevention efforts.
The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV)donated 3 billion VND for the province to procure ambulances and medicalequipment while 1.35 billion VND was contributed by An Phat Holdings to equip State-designatedquarantine camps in Chi Linh, Kinh Mon, and Nam Sach with 100 TV sets andprovide meals for around 4,000 quarantined people here in 20 days.
As of February 3 morning, Vietnam has documented a total1,891 COVID-19 cases. The national count includes 1,003 community infections,310 of which linked to Hai Duong since the COVID-19 resurfaced in the province onJanuary 27./.
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Property developer Ecopark Hai Duong on February 2 donates 10,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to help Hai Duong fight COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
