Nearly 1,000 medical personnel return to Ha Noi from Ho Chi Minh City
The national flag carrier Viet Nam Airlines operated five flights on October 5 to transport close to 1,000 medical workers and medical students back to Ha Noi after they completed their mission in assisting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic situation in the southern region has changed for the better.
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| The medical staff conduct boarding procedures at Tan Son Nhat airport in HCM City. (Photo: VNA) |
The medical workers and students are from many medical institutions in northern localities such as Ha Noi and Cao Bang, Dien Bien, and Thanh Hoa provinces.
The group flew to HCM City in August and September to support the city’s pandemic fight. They worked at temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals and helped with the collection of samples for testing and other logistics tasks.
In response to the pandemic, Viet Nam Airlines has to date transported nearly 12,000 medical workers and hundreds of tonnes of medical supplies and equipment and vaccines across localities nationwide.
(Source: VNA)
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