Four more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear and discharged from the Thai Binh General Hospital on June 3. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has gone through 48 straight
days with no new community infections as of 6:00pm on June 3, keeping the
national tally at 328 cases, of which 188 were imported and immediately sent to
quarantine camps upon arrival.
The country’s most critically ill COVID-19 patient, a
, came off life support on the same day’s morning, said Luong Ngoc
Khue, deputy head of the Treatment Sub-committee under the National Steering Commitee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Over the past two days, doctors have gradually lowered his
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation () settings, a system that acts as an
artificial heart-lung system, to the point where they deemed it safe to switch
off the machine this morning.
Khue noted that while the patient was off ECMO at the
moment, his condition remains quite serious and will still be closely
monitored, especially in terms of his lung infections and drug resistance.
The patient will need several weeks to be completely independent
of life support and gradually restore his motor functions, he said said.
In the afternoon, four more COVID-19 patients were given the
all-clear and discharged from the Thai Binh General Hospital, bringing the
total number of recoveries to 302.
They are now in stable health condition without fever, cough
or breathing difficulties. They will continue staying in quarantine for health
monitoring for the next 14 days.
A total of 8,169 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the country, including 103 at hospitals, 7,104 ar concentrated quarantine establishments and 962 at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
