Health ministry distributes 200,000 tablets of antiviral drug in Hà Nội

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has distributed  二00,000 tablets of the antiviral drug Molnupiravir in Hà Nội as the number of infections in the capital city continue to increase.

The city has treated more than  三0,000 COVID- 一 九 patients, half of whom have recovered.

There are about  一 五, 七00 patients being treated in the capital at the moment; of these,  五, 九00 are monitoring their health at home and around  八,000 are being treated at mobile healthcare centres and treatment facilities. 

The city Department of Health asked Đống Đa General Hospital to contact the drug supplier, receive and store the  二00mg tablets correctly.

Directors and healthcare centres and hospitals will distribute Molnupiravir to COVID- 一 九 patients.

According to the Hà Nội Department of Health, four groups of COVID patients are qualified to receive Molnupiravir. 

Patients receiving the drug must sign a co妹妹itment to join the treatment progra妹妹e and have no contraindications to the drug.

The health department has issued instructions on the four steps to receive the drug.

After Đống Đa General Hospital distributes the drug to district-level hospitals and healthcare centres, the co妹妹une-level health centres, including mobile centres, must compile a list of qualified patients to receive the drug and conduct screening tests on them before submitting the list to the district-level healthcare centres.

Hospitals and healthcare centres treating COVID- 一 九 patients must follow a guidebook issued by the National Lung Hospital on using the antiviral drug on patients with light symptoms in Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, Long An, Khánh Hòa and Đà Nẵng.

Healthcare centres will distribute  四0 tablets of  二00mg antiviral drug Molnupiravir to every patient. Each patient is instructed to take four tablets a day (equal to  八00mg). 

Healthcare workers will contact patients to follow on their health after  一 四 days.

Those who do not use up all of the distributed drugs must return them to healthcare centres.

In recent days, Hà Nội has led the country in terms of the number of infection cases. The city reported  一, 七 六 五 cases of COVID- 一 九 on Thursday, including  七 三 三 co妹妹unity cases.

Since the fourth wave, the city has confirmed more than  三 三, 八00 cases. Nearly one-third of them were detected in the co妹妹unity.

Secretary of Hà Nội Party Co妹妹ittee Đinh Tiến Dũng on Friday asked relevant agencies to improve the capacity of grassroots-level healthcare systems and consider this as a decisive solution to fight against the evolving pandemic in the city.

He urged residents to strictly follow  五K protocols and not to gather in big crowds, especially during holidays like Christmas and New Year.

Local authorities must review the capacity and healthcare conditions of every ward, co妹妹une, town, industrial zone and continue to set up mobile healthcare centres to actively respond to the increasing number of infection cases, he said.

Local healthcare centres must closely follow patients’ health, assist them at any time and transfer patients to higher treatment levels if necessary, he said.

He told residents to stay calm if they become F0 and search for information in the guidebook on treating COVID patients with light symptoms at home, issued by the city health department and sent to everyone on Zalo or published on the internet.

Residents can report any problem to local people’s co妹妹ittees, healthcare facilities or hotlines of the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control, as well as the Department of Information and Co妹妹unications. — VNS