Body temperature of people passing the Moc Bai International Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh is checked via a thermal scanner (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Health of the three-month-old babycontracting the acute respiratory disease caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus(COVID-19) is improving, a health official has said.
The baby doesn’t have fever or a runny nose,shows just little coughing and sucks well, Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of theHealth Ministry’s Department for Medical Examination and Treatment and deputyhead of the sub-committee on treatment at the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, said on February 17.
Nguyen Van Lam, Director of the centre forclinical medicine of children’s tropical diseases at the Hanoi-based NationalChildren’s Hospital, said right after the baby was transferred from a clinic inthe nearby province of Vinh Phuc, his centre has actively monitored,quarantined and cared for her. Her mother has also been kept in quarantineaccording to the Health Ministry’s guidance.
As this is the first small child to contractCOVID-19, her health condition has been reported regularly to the sub-committeeon treatment, he said, expecting that the baby will be discharged from hospitalsoon after tests show she is negative for the virus.
So far, Vietnam has confirmed 16 cases ofCOVID-19 infection, and seven of them have been cured./.
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