
Hanoi (VNA)- Two COVID-19 patients at medical facilities in the northern province of NinhBinh were deemed to have recovered on May 4, according to the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
One is Patient No.166, who was admitted to the hospital on March 26. The 25-year-old tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, on April 21, 23, and 25,and May 2. She is the last of the 10 patients at the Ninh Binh General Hospital.
The other, PatientNo. 170, was hospitalised on March 28. The man, 27, had tested negativefor the virus many times, with the latest being on April 25 and 27 and May 2.
He is now in a stablecondition, with no fever, cough, or breathing difficulties. He was the onlyCOVID-19 patient at the Kim Son District General Hospital in Ninh Binh.
The two willcontinue to undergo quarantine and health monitoring for 14 days.
Vietnam hasrecorded no new COVID-19 infections within the community for 18 straight days, withthe national count now standing at 271. A new patient arrived from the UK atHCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport recently and was quarantined uponarrival.
Among the activecases, 12 tested negative for the novel coronavirus once and nine twice or more.
Some 27,410 peopleare now under health monitoring or quarantine, of whom 238 are in concentratedquarantine facilities in hospitals, 5,871 at other concentrated facilities, and21,300 at home or in accommodation./.