Medical workers spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of (Source: VNA)Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 27 evening, marking 41 days in a
row without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering
Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Of the 327 confirmed
cases in the country, 187 imported ones were quarantined right after they
entered Vietnam, posing no risk of community transmission.
The sub-committee for
treatment announced that six more people infected with the novel
coronavirus have been given the all-clear on the same day, including Patient 19 who was among
the most critical patients in Vietnam,
The patients, all Vietnamese nationals, were discharged from
the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, bringing the country’s total
recoveries to 278 or 85 percent of the
confirmed cases. They are all in a stable condition, with no
fever, no cough and no shortness of breath.
Patient 19, a 64-year-old woman, was
admitted to the hospital on March 6. The patient was treated with
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) – a heart-lung by-pass machine that
pumps and oxygenates a patient’s blood outside the body, allowing the heart and
lungs to rest.
The patient also had three cardiac arrests, so the hospital’s
doctors and nurses have worked hard to save her life.
Her test results came back negative for the SARS-CoV-2 for
three straight times on April 8, 15 and 30.
The remaining patients tested negative for the virus twice. The six patients will continue to be under
quarantine for the next 14 days.
Among the 26
remaining patients undergoing treatment, six tested negative for the virus once
and 17 others tested negative twice or more.
As many as 9,734 people
who had close contact with patients and entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit
regions have been quarantined, including 59 at hospitals, 7,535 at concentrated
quarantine establishments and 2,150 others at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
