According to the treatment sub-section under the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, among the newly recovered, one was treated at the Traditional Medicine-Function Rehabilitation Hospital in the south-central province of Binh Thuan, and seven at the Hanoi-based National Hospital of Tropical Diseases second branch.

Seven Covid-19 patients at the second branch of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi announced as recovered on the afternoon of May 8, 2020.

Among the seven given the all-clear in Hanoi, two patients, including Patient 243, are from the capital city’s suburban district of Me Linh. Patient 243 was identified as a contagious case as he spread the coronavirus to other contacts after taking his wife to Bach Mai Hospital. He was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 6.

Another patient who tested re-positive, known as Patient 130 and residing in Ho Chi Minh City, was also discharged this afternoon. Earlier, he was declared as recovered on March 30, then testing re-positive again. After being sent back to the hospital for treatment, the patient tested negative three times for SARS-CoV-2.

Among those announced as recovered today, Patient 162, a resident in Hanoi’s Long Bien District, born in 1957, was a critical case. She is the daughter-in-law of Patient 161, an 88-year-old woman from Hung Yen Province, the oldest COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, who was announced as free from the coronavirus on May 5. 

Patient 162’s lungs suffered from diffuse lesions, while her blood oxygen level was very low. However, the patient survived thanks to doctors’ efforts to save her life without mechanical ventilation. She had seven negative SARS-CoV-2 tests before being discharged with a stable bill of health.

The remaining patient among the eight recoveries today was also a relapse case. Patient 36, a 65-year-old woman, was treated at the Binh Thuan Province Traditional Medicine-Function Rehabilitation Hospital. She was announced as recovered on April 10, before testing positive again on April 23. During the second treatment stage, the patient had multiple negative tests, with the two latest on April 28 and May 7. She is now in stable health, with no fever, no cough and no shortness of breath.

These patients will continue to be quarantined and have their health monitored in the next 14 days.

Vietnam had recorded no new infections in community in Covid-19 for 22 consecutive days as of the morning of May 8.

There were 17 new imported cases on May 7, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 288, with zero fatalities. All of the new patients reported on May 7 evening are Vietnamese nationals returning from the United Arab Emirates on a Vietnam Airlines flight. They include a new born baby.

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Source: NDO