Baby with COVID-19 shows health improvement: official

Body temperature of people passing the Moc Bai International Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh is checked via a thermal scanner (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Health of the
contracting the caused by the
(COVID-19) is improving, a health official has said.

The baby doesn’t have fever or a runny nose,
shows just little coughing and sucks well, Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the
Health Ministry’s Department for Medical Examination and Treatment and deputy
head of the sub-committee on treatment at the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said on February 17.

Nguyen Van Lam, Director of the centre for
clinical medicine of children’s tropical diseases at the Hanoi-based National
Children’s Hospital, said right after the baby was transferred from a clinic in
the nearby province of Vinh Phuc, his centre has actively monitored,
quarantined and cared for her. Her mother has also been kept in quarantine
according to the Health Ministry’s guidance.

As this is the first small child to contract
, her health condition has been reported regularly to the sub-committee
on treatment, he said, expecting that the baby will be discharged from hospital
soon after tests show she is negative for the virus.

So far, Vietnam has confirmed 16 cases of
COVID-19 infection, and seven of them have been cured./.