Doctors at Kim Son district's General Hospital in northern Ninh Binh province bid farewell to a recovered patient. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – No new COVID-19 case was reported in Vietnam on May 11 morning,marking 25 straight days without community transmission in the country,according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.
Thecountry’s tally remains at 288, including 148 imported cases who had beenquarantined upon arrival, and 140 infected within the community.
Ofthe patients, 241 have recovered while the remainder are being treated or underhealth monitoring at six medical facilities.
Amongthem, six patients have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 that cases the acuterespiratory disease once and 14 negative twice or more. Only 27 patients still testpositive for the novel coronavirus.
TheBritish pilot, known as Patient No. 91 who is being treated at the Hospital forTropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, is still in critical condition.
Doctorsfrom top hospitals in Vietnam held a telemedicine conference on May 10 to discussa lung transplant for the patient. They proposed moving him to Cho Ray Hospitalfor intensive care and lung transplant consideration.
Asmany as 25,361 people are under health monitoring or quarantine, of whom 373stay at hospitals, 11,181 at other quarantine establishments and 13,807 at homeand accommodations./.
VNA
