Health

Two more COVID-19 related deaths reported in Vietnam

Health authorities on June 14 afternoon reported two more deaths relating to COVID-19 – two female patients with critical underlying health conditions.
Two more COVID-19 related deaths reported in Vietnam ảnh 1The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Health authorities on June 14 afternoon reported two moredeaths relating to COVID-19 – two female patients with critical underlyinghealth conditions.

Thecountry's 60th death was Patient No 8,512 in northern Bac Ninh province.The 87-year-old woman tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on June 4 and receivedtreatment at Bac Ninh Province General Hospital’s Intensive Care Departmentfor high blood pressure, heart failure and Parkinson's disease.

Shewas transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on June 7because of her worsening health condition. She required endotrachealintubation, ventilator, dialysis and intensive care.

Dueto the rapid progression of her infection plus her serious underlying medicalconditions and poor health, the patient responded very poorly to treatment. Shereportedly died on June 13.

The61st death was patient No 4,731 in Hanoi’s Dong Da district. The 60-year-oldwoman suffered from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma since 2019. She receivedtreatment at National Cancer Hospital's Tan Trieu Facility since April2021.

Aftershe was tested for SARS-CoV-2 on May 19, she was transferred to the NationalHospital of Tropical Diseases.  

SinceMay 31, she needed endotracheal intubation because of lung damage. She died onSunday with cause of death registered as septic shock, pneumonia caused bySARS-CoV-2 and invasive Aspergillus infection./.
VNA
#COVID-19#COVID-19 related deaths#underlying health conditions#Vietnam#Vietnam News Agency#vietnamplus
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

COVID-19: 92 new cases reported on June 14 morning

COVID-19: 92 new cases reported on June 14 morning

The Ministry of Health confirmed 91 new locally-transmitted and one imported COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on June 14, including 73 detected in quarantined or locked down areas.

See more

Up to 95% of children aged 1-5 living in the city are expected to be vaccinated against measles and rubella this year. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi begins measles vaccination campaign

Hanoi commenced a measles vaccination campaign at health stations in the districts of Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc and Thach That and Son Tay township on October 14.

The working session on vaccine manufacturing cooperation with Sanofi on October 8.(Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, French firms partner in vaccine production

The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) and Sanofi on October 8 signed a document guiding the cooperation in manufacturing some vaccines of the French pharmaceutical group in the Southeast Asian country.

Providing free health check-ups and medicine to workers. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, IOM foster cooperation in improving migrants’ health

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on September 18 signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening cooperation in enhancing the health and quality of life of migrants, and supporting them in accessing national health systems and policies.

Doctor Jacques Ballout and a Vietnamese apprentice doctor. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese doctors impress French colleagues

Industriousness, enthusiasm, and smartness are the impressions that French doctors have had of their colleagues from the Vietnam – Sweden hospital in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi city, who are working at the Pierre Bérégovoy hospital, Nevers city of Nièvre province, under an apprenticeship programme.

Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi tightens control, prevention of monkeypox

The Hanoi Department of Health has asked the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to coordinate with Noi Bai International Airport and relevant units to increase monitoring to promptly detect suspected monkeypox cases at the airport and border gates, especially those returning from countries where the disease is currently spreading.

A doctor gives a dental check-up to a child at the September 7 event in the Czech Republic. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese in Czech Republic join hands for community health

The network of Vietnamese intellectuals and experts, the Vietnamese youths and students association, and the group of Vietnamese doctors and physicians in the Czech Republic have coordinated to offer free health check-ups and consultancy to the Vietnamese community in the country.