At 9 am, an ambulance left Field Hospital No 1 in Hai Duong province, carrying a group of students to a site in Chi Linh City where they needed to take samples for tests for SARS-nCov-2. Linh and her teammates The group had eight members, including two workers from the Chi Linh City Medical Center and six students from the Hai Duong Medical Technical University. Dieu Linh and her friends in the group were all born in 2001. They are second-year students majoring in medical testing. Inside the cramped ambulance, which was riding on a rough road, the students took advantage of time to repeat their professional knowledge and help each other wear protective clothing correctly. “It is necessary to press adhesive tape tightly on all holes to prevent virus intrusion,” Linh said. Fifteen minutes later, the ambulance stopped at a factory in Chi Linh City. Linh and her teammates had to take 360 medical samples for testing. There were many people lining up to have their samples taken. The students re-arranged materials, divided into two groups, and set to work under the instruction of officers from the Chi Linh Medical Center. Linh and her teammates attended a training course on January 28, when Covid-19 broke out in Hai Duong. They belonged to a backup group, as third- and fourth-year students were mobilized first. After the training course, some of them took a bus to home villages to spend Tet holiday with their families. But just one day later, they were informed that second-year students were also needed to help because the number of infection cases had increased very rapidly. At the time of receiving the news, Huy Hoang, a member of the group, had just returned home in the central province of Nghe An for nearly two hours and his luggage had not been unpacked. After talking to his parents, he immediately caught a coach to Hai Duong in the north. In general, the students have to turn up at the field hospital before leaving to take …
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