The two patients and doctors of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Two more COVID-19 patients, both fromthe northern province of Vinh Phuc, were discharged from the National Hospitalfor Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on February 18 morning after making a fullrecovery.
The man, 29, is among the eight workers of Japanese-invested NihonPlast Co., Ltd, who were sent to China’s Wuhan city for training for two monthsand a half and came back on January 17.
He developed symptoms of sore throat and cough on January 21 andwas confirmed positive for the new coronavirus on January 26.
Meanwhile, the 55-year-old woman got the virus from anotherpatient.
She showed symptoms of fever, headache and body aches on January30 and turned up positive in two tests on February 12 and 15.
The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases received a total offive patients from Vinh Phuc province and all have been cured and discharged sofar. Three of them were released from the hospital on February 10.
Health experts said although there is no vaccine for the newvirus, Vietnam has enough capacity and experience to treat COVID-19 patients.
So far, Vietnam has reported 16cases of the virus, including 11 from Vinh Phuc province. The four patientsbeing treated at the Quang Ha Area General Clinic in Vinh Phuc are also expectedto be discharged on February 18.
As from February 13, there havebeen no new cases in Vietnam./.
VNA
