Two more COVID-19 patients declared fully recovered, total at 128

Two more COVID-19 patients have fully recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries in Vietnam to 128, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Two more COVID-19 patients declared fully recovered, total at 128 ảnh 1Two more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from Can Gio Hospital for COVID-19 Treatment in HCM City on April 9 morning. (Photo courtesy of the hospital)

Hanoi (VNA) – Two more COVID-19 patients have fully recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries in Vietnam to 128, accordingto the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Both are Vietnamese. They were discharged from the Can Gio Hospital for COVID-19Treatment on April 9 morning.

Patient 203, a 35-year-old woman, returned from Greece toVietnam on March 17. Upon her arrival at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho ChiMinh City, she was sent to a quarantine facility in the city’sNha Be district. She tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 10 days later.

She is currently in a stable condition and has no cough orfever.

Patient 234 is also a female, 69, living in the CentralHighlands province of Dak Lak. She returned from Paris to HCM City on March 13and tested positive for the virus on March 30, thenwas hospitalised the same day.

Both tested negative for the virus two days ina row on April 5 and 6 and will continue to be quarantined and monitored forthe next 14 days after being discharged.

As of April 9 morning, Vietnam had confirmed 251 COVID-19patients with no fatality so far./.
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