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Has the number of COVID-19 cases in Hanoi peaked?

Sharing comments on the afternoon of March 15 in the telehealth program for remote medical examination and treatment, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Thi Kim Thanh (Director of the Center for Family Medicine & Community Health Care at Hanoi Medical University Hospital) , said that the number of COVID-19 infections has been on a downward trend in the past 7 days.

This assessment is based on updated data on the home management system F0 – OurHealth HMUH and through the personal observation and monitoring of Dr. Thanh. It is known that F0 numbers managed on this system mainly have addresses in Hanoi.

Two weeks ago, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased very high, fast, 3-4 times higher in one week than in the previous weeks. But since the middle of last week until now, the number of cases has been decreasing. Assoc. “I think it’s the peak of the epidemic right now,” said Associate Professor Thanh.

Agreeing with this point of view, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Lan Hieu, Director of Hanoi Medical University Hospital, said that from the reality at Hoang Mai Hospital for treating COVID-19 patients, for the first time, the number of aggravating cases was under control. less than 100 cases treated at this hospital. Previously, this facility continuously treated more than 200 cases of COVID-19.

In Hanoi, during the epidemic prevention meeting on February 27, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh said: “According to experts, the number of cases in Hanoi will continue to increase in the next half a month. high and may peak in half a month, depending on epidemic prevention and control measures.”

One of the reasons why the number of COVID-19 cases in Hanoi has skyrocketed in recent weeks is because gene sequencing has accounted for the majority of infections in Hanoi.

In the most recent report, according to the results, Hanoi added 27,833 COVID-19 cases, nearly 80% of people received booster shots of 109 samples of SARS-CoV-2 infection randomly collected in Hanoi from December 4, 2021. By March 1, 2022, 93 samples contaminated with Omicron variants (equivalent to nearly 86%). Of these 93 samples, 86 samples were infected with sub-variant BA.2.

Leaders of Hanoi Department of Health affirmed that Hanoi has actively controlled the disease at a safe level. But the health sector continues to sequence genes to have appropriate response solutions to the general situation.

The number of cases has increased rapidly in recent weeks, however, the number of patients hospitalized and treated on the 2nd and 3rd floors tends to decrease, according to leaders of the Department of Health.

The number of positive cases updated on the system increased rapidly, but in fact, in the daily report of the Hanoi Department of Health, the number of seriously ill patients requiring hospitalization (2-3 floors) accounted for less than 1% of the total number of infections. is recognized. The number of patients who died also tended to decrease.

According to data from the Medical Examination and Treatment Administration (Ministry of Health) updated to March 14, Hanoi has 492,124 positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 being treated and monitored at home; 299 cases of treatment at the isolation ward; 3,823 patients are being treated at the hospital.

Among patients being treated at the hospital, there are 2,656 F0 at moderate level (decreased by 15.3% compared to the average 7 days ago); 697 severe and critical cases (a decrease of nearly 18%). Similarly, the number of cases requiring oxygen masks, glasses frames; HFNC high-flow oxygen; Non-invasive mechanical ventilation or invasive mechanical ventilation… both decreased.

Not only the number of aggravating cases, hospital admissions for COVID-19 patients in Hoang Mai decreased by 50% as reported by Assoc. , the number of aggravating cases and deaths also decreased markedly compared to the previous period.

Recently, the Hanoi Department of Health has asked the relevant units to propose scenarios, plans and measures when the number of COVID-19 infections continues to increase in the near future to the Department of Health to promptly advise the Department of Health. City People’s Committee, City Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control.

As for the medical centers of districts, towns, the Hanoi Department of Health requires the units to actively coordinate with the health departments of the districts, towns to advise the People’s Committees of the districts, towns, Directing relevant forces to continue reviewing cases of people who have not received enough vaccine doses, and at the same time propagating and mobilizing those who refuse to be vaccinated to need to be vaccinated.

“Districts, districts and towns continue to focus on vaccination work, speeding up the pace of additional and booster vaccination according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health, completed in the first quarter of 2022. “, the Hanoi Department of Health stated.

According to Health and Life

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