A health worker takes a swab for testing from a resident in Da Nang city (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A 55-year-old man from the central city of ’s Hoa Vang
district has died of COVID-19-related complications, marking the 34th fatality
in Vietnam.
He had a number of underlying health conditions including Guillain-Barre
syndrome, type 2 diabetes and severe exhaustion.
The patient tested negative three times for on August 1, August 9
and August 14.
On August 27, the patient was tested for the fourth time and his family asked
to bring him home due to his worsening condition. He died at home at midnight
the same day. On August 28, the testing result showed he was positive for
SARS-CoV-2.
The cause of his death has been recorded as pneumonia due to COVID-19
complications resulting in respiratory failure and septic shock.
In the morning of August 31, a 69-year-old man died of COVID-19-related
complications. The patient, who lived in Hai Chau district in Da Nang
city, had a number of including heart problems,
type-2 diabetes and chronic kidney failure./.
Source: VietnamPlus
