As of April 18, up to 201 out of 268 COVID-19patients, or three quarters, across the country have fully recovered, reportedthe Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control.
Three more people,including a man from the UK and a married couple from Brazil, were given theall-clear on April 18 after treatment at hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City.
One of them is a34-year-old British man who after initially testing positive had a number ofsubsequent tests during treatment at the Can Gio COVID-19 Treatment Hospitalwhich all came back negative.
The couple fromBrazil, a 45-year-old woman and her 49-year-old husband, had been treated atthe Cu Chi COVID-19 Treatment Hospital in HCM City.
All three patientswill have to undergo quarantine for the next 14 days and their health will be monitored.
Among 67 patientscurrently in hospital with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, 14 have recordedone negative test, and five have twice tested negative, according to the subcommittee.
There are 62,998people currently in quarantine nationwide. Among these, 279 people are quarantinedat hospitals, 11,338 others are kept at concentrated quarantine sites and51,381 are self-quarantined at home./.