75 outstanding contributors to COVID-19 fight in Ho Chi Minh City honoured

Participants at the event listened to the sharing of the volunteers, who have participated in activities to support children who became orphaned due to COVID-19, pregnant women, COVID-19 patients at hospitals, and frontline workers in the battle against the pandemic.

Since the beginning of this year, amidst the complicated developments of COVID-19, the Red Cross Society in Ho Chi Minh City has mobilised more than 391 billion VND to assist the COVID-19 fight.

From May 1 to October 30, it has mobilised around 500,000 volunteers to support 1.3 million people in the quarantine sites and blockaded areas as well as those affected by COVID-19. The volunteers also supported COVID-19 field hospitals and medical centres in 22 districts and Thu Duc City.