HCMC – HCMC has established 222 pop-up healthcare stations and coordinated with the military medical force to add 33 more stations as the number of Covid-19 cases eligible for self-isolation at home in the city has surged.
According to a report issued by the municipal Department of Health on November 9, HCMC has eight districts with high case numbers at home, with District 12 taking the lead with nearly 9,500 cases, followed by Thu Duc City with some 6,600, Hoc Mon with 6,400 and Binh Chanh with 3,900, Thanh Nien newspaper reported.
The 33 new pop-up healthcare stations have been set up in four districts, with 20 of them in District 12, eight in Binh Chanh, four in Hoc Mon and one in Binh Tan.
As of November 9, HCMC has some 51,000 active Covid-19 cases, including more than 11,000 staying at hospitals, over 4,300 at centralized quarantine centers and over 35,000 at home.
