A student returning from Daegu, the RoK, who is the 18th COVID-19 case in Vietnam, is declared cured and allowed to go home on March 20 (Photo: VNA)Ninh Binh (VNA) – A COVID-19patient, the 18th case in detection order in Vietnam, was declaredcured and allowed to go home on March 20.
He was the first case detected in the northernprovince of Ninh Binh and had been receiving treatment at the provincialGeneral Hospital from March 7.
Deputy Director of the hospital Chu ThiGiang said the patient underwent five tests for the virus during the durationof treatment, with the first two returning positive. The rest were takenbetween March 14 and 18 and came back negative.
The male patient, born in Thai Binhprovince, was a student returning from Daegu, among the hardest hit areas ofthe COVID-19 epidemic in the Republic of Korea. He was sent to a concentratedquarantine facility on March 4 and admitted to hospital three days later after testingpositive for the virus.
To date, 17 out of Vietnam’s 85 confirmedCOVID-19 cases have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital./.
He was the first case detected in the northernprovince of Ninh Binh and had been receiving treatment at the provincialGeneral Hospital from March 7.
Deputy Director of the hospital Chu ThiGiang said the patient underwent five tests for the virus during the durationof treatment, with the first two returning positive. The rest were takenbetween March 14 and 18 and came back negative.
The male patient, born in Thai Binhprovince, was a student returning from Daegu, among the hardest hit areas ofthe COVID-19 epidemic in the Republic of Korea. He was sent to a concentratedquarantine facility on March 4 and admitted to hospital three days later after testingpositive for the virus.
To date, 17 out of Vietnam’s 85 confirmedCOVID-19 cases have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital./.
VNA
