As from February 7, the Quang Ha general clinic in the northern province of Vinh Phuc’s Binh Xuyen district has become a quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients and people with high risk of contracting the disease.

Two COVID-19 patients in the northern province of Vinh Phuc were released from a local general clinic on February 20 afternoon.

The National Lung Hospital on February 17 sent a mobile radiography truck and ambulances to Son Loi commune in Binh Xuyen district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc to help the locality cope with the COVID-19 outbreak here.

The Health Ministry reported on February 13 that it has sent materials and a permanent working team to the northern province of Vinh Phuc to help with the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19).

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also head of the steering committee on the fight against the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), on February 10 said the northern province of Vinh Phuc should maintain its efforts and determination to contain the epidemic in its localities.

Vietnam has confirmed the 14th novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection case, the Ministry of Health announced on February 9.

As much as 91.2 percent of the population in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have joined health insurance, surpassing the target the locality has set for 2020.

The northern province of Vinh Phuc has paid great attention to the prevention of HIV/AIDS spreading in the community, especially the transmission of HIV from mothers to newborns.