The 58-year-old patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 inthe central province of Quang Nam on March 10. He previously boarded the same flightfrom the UK to Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi as patient No 17.
This is the first fully recovered COVID-19 case in thehospital.
After being discharged from hospital, he will continue to beput under medical monitoring in line with regulations.
The hospital is still treating three other COVID-19 cases - the30th, 31st and 49th patients, all are UKcitizens.
The 49th patient, husband of the 30th,has tested negative once after being treated since March 7.
As of 5pm on March 27, up to 2,044 Vietnamese citizens returningfrom abroad were put under concentrated quarantine in the province.
The locality is preparing facilities to be able to receive additional8,000 – 10,000 people.
As of 06:30 am on March 28, Vietnam recorded 169 infectioncases. Until February 26, only 16 cases were reported and all the patientsrecovered and discharged from hospital. Since the detection of the 17th case on March 6 to present, five more patients have fully recovered./.