Measuring body temperature in Nam Dinh province (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Health Ministry announced on April 14 morning that nonew cases of coronavirus had been detected overnight, with the total number ofinfections nationwide remaining at 265.
To date, 146 patients, or 55 percent, have been given theall-clear.
The latest patient to leave hospital is a 74-year-old manfrom the UK who came to Vietnam with his wife last month. She also testedpositive for the virus.
On March 27 while being treated at the National Hospital ofTropical Diseases, he suffered severe respiratory failure and was sent to theintensive care unit where he was put on a ventilator.
Doctors fought for a week as the man’s health deterioratedrapidly. By April 5, he started to respond to treatment and began breathingwithout oxygen therapy.
Both further tests for the virus taken on April 8 and 10 produced negative results.
The couple left Vietnam for the UK early on April 14 on aflight arranged by the British Government exclusively for British citizens.
Among the 265 COVID-19 cases, 160 returned from abroad, making up60.4 percent of total, and 105 got the virus in the community, or 39.6percent.
The total number of people who came or returned to Vietnamfrom pandemic-affected countries and territories and have been quarantined is 75,291. Of these,713 are quarantined in hospitals, 15,564 are in quarantine centres and 59,014at their homes./.
VNA
