The field hospital serves as a quarantine and treatment facility as Vietnam steps up efforts in the fight against coronavirus. (Photo: VNA)

Health workers from different hospitals in the city will take turns working at the 300-bed facility located at the HCM City Military School in Cu Chi district.

“The field hospital will receive people who need to be quarantined and those who have a fever or cough. It is used for both quarantine and treatment,” Doctor Dang Quang Nhut from the city Command said.

HCM City will also put into operation another 200-bed field hospital in Nha Be district. 47 hospitals in the city have allocated specific rooms and quarantine areas for people suspected to be infected with coronavirus.

Vietnam has so far confirmed 14 cases of infection. 6 of them have since been discharged from hospital.