A total of 46 patients of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vietnam are being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi.

This facility is the institution’s second branch, located in Kim Chung Ward, Dong Anh District, about ten kilometers northwest of downtown Hanoi.

Among the 46 patients, 11 are now in worse health conditions since their hospitalization, three of whom are very seriously ill.

Doctors have been exerting their best efforts to treat these patients.

About 368 people who are at high risk of infection are also being quarantined at the infirmary.

On Monday, a 29-year-old doctor who works at the emergency care ward of the hospital was diagnosed with COVID-19 and became Vietnam’s 116th patient.

The Ministry of Health on Tuesday required the institution to prepare an area for doctors and nurses to stay between their shifts to prevent them from spreading the virus to their family members and the community.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son paid a visit to the facility on the same day to assess the situation.

The novel coronavirus, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, has infected over 421,000 and killed more than 18,800 globally as of Wednesday morning, according to Ministry of Health statistics.

Vietnam has confirmed 134 COVID-19 cases, with 17 having walked out of the hospital free of the virus.

No death related to the disease has been recorded in the country.

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