Eight more COVID-19 patients given all-clear, total recoveries at 249

Eight COVID-19 patients, all Vietnamese, have recovered and were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on May 11, putting the total recoveries at 249.
Eight more COVID-19 patients given all-clear, total recoveries at 249 ảnh 1Eight COVID-19 patients, all Vietnamese, are discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on May 11. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi(VNA) – Eight COVID-19 patients, all Vietnamese, have recovered and were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on May 11, puttingthe total recoveries at 249.

They includefour patients from the pandemic hotspot in Ha Loi commune, Me Linh district onthe outskirts of Hanoi, two from Thai Nguyen province, one from Hung Yenprovince and the last from Bac Giang province.

They all hadtwo tests last week and both came back negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causesCOVID-19. The patients are in stable condition with no fever, no cough and noshortness of breath.

All of themwill continue to be quarantined and monitored for the next 14 days.

No newCOVID-19 case was reported in Vietnam as of May 11 morning, marking 25 straightdays without community transmission in the country, according to the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The country’stally remains at 288, including 148 imported cases who had been quarantinedupon arrival, and 140 infected within the community.

The Britishpilot, known as Patient No. 91 who is being treated at the Hospital forTropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, is still in critical condition.

Doctors fromtop hospitals in Vietnam held a telemedicine conference on May 10 to discuss alung transplant for the patient. They proposed moving him to Cho Ray Hospitalfor intensive care and lung transplant consideration.

As many as25,361 people are under health monitoring or quarantine, of whom 373 stay athospitals, 11,181 at other quarantine establishments and 13,807 at home andaccommodations./.
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