Eight COVID-19 patients, all Vietnamese, are discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on May 11. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi
(VNA) – Eight , all Vietnamese, have recovered and were discharged from the in Hanoi on May 11, putting
the total recoveries at 249.
They include
four patients from the pandemic hotspot in Ha Loi commune, Me Linh district on
the outskirts of Hanoi, two from Thai Nguyen province, one from Hung Yen
province and the last from Bac Giang province.
They all had
two tests last week and both came back negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causes
COVID-19. The patients are in stable condition with no fever, no cough and no
shortness of breath.
All of them
will continue to be quarantined and monitored for the next 14 days.
No new
COVID-19 case was reported in Vietnam as of May 11 morning, marking 25 straight
days without community transmission in the country, according to the National
Steering Committee for Prevention and Control.
The country’s
tally remains at 288, including 148 imported cases who had been quarantined
upon arrival, and 140 infected within the community.
The British
pilot, known as Patient No. 91 who is being treated at the Hospital for
Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, is still in critical condition.
Doctors from
top hospitals in Vietnam held a telemedicine conference on May 10 to discuss a
lung transplant for the patient. They proposed moving him to Cho Ray Hospital
for intensive care and lung transplant consideration.
As many as
25,361 people are under health monitoring or quarantine, of whom 373 stay at
hospitals, 11,181 at other quarantine establishments and 13,807 at home and
accommodations./.
Source: VietnamPlus
