The Ministry of Health has sent three special task teams to help Da Nang in the fight against Covid-19, the Da Nang Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control said on Sunday morning.

The special team members are Viet Nam's leading experts in epidemiological investigation, isolation, medical treatment and conducting tests for the deadly virus.

In detail, the epidemiological investigation team has 7 members from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, and it is headed by its Deputy Director Tran Nhu Duong.

Led by Deputy Director General of the Department of Management and Health Care  Nguyen Trong Khoa, the medical treatment team has a total of 7 members, including three doctors from the Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered Cho Ray Hospital who directly treated Viet Nam's most critically ill case - the British pilot.

Meanwhile, the testing team consists of 5 members from Vietnamese National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, led by its Deputy Director Le Thi Quynh Mai. This team will help the city's CDC use made-in-Viet Nam Covid-19 test kits.to conduct tests for coronavirus. 

By PHAN CHUNG - Translated by M.D