Patients recovered from COVID-19 at National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết

HÀ NỘI — Eight more patients with COVID-19 have recovered at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Thursday, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 260.

All of the recovered patients are Vietnamese nationals, including Patient 50, Patient 134, Patient 141, Patient 185, Patient 193, Patient 196, Patient 244 and Patient 263.

Patient 50 is a male aged 50 living in Ba Đình District of Hà Nội.

He was one of five serious patients who had to use ventilator in the hospital. He tested positive again after being cleared on April 14.

Patient 134, a 10-year-old boy, living in Thạch Thất District of Hà Nội, entered Việt Nam from overseas on March 18 at Nội Bài Airport on flight number SU290. The patient was taken to a quarantine facility in Thanh Hoá Province upon arrival where he was tested for SARS-CoV-2. His sample which was sent to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on March 23 and returned positive for the virus.

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Patient 141 is a 29-year-old doctor working in the emergency department of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Đông Anh branch.

The doctor was infected with the virus when setting up a ventilator for the 28th patient.

Patient 185, is a 38-year-old male living in Đông La Commune of Hà Nội’s Hoài Đức District. The patient was in Bạch Mai Hospital taking care of his brother-in-law on March 15, 16, 18 and 19. He twice visited the hospital’s canteen. The patient was sent to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Đông Anh branch, after testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 by the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control on March 28.

Patient 193, a female, living in Hải Hậu District of Nam Định Province was admitted to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Đông Anh branch on March 30.

Patient 196, is a 34-year-old female staff member of Trường Sinh Company which provided hot water to Bạch Mai Hospital.

Patient 244 is a Vietnamese woman living in Germany. She is a waitress at a restaurant in Germany. She flew from Germany to Russia on flight SU213, seat 20F, and from Russia to Việt Nam on SU290, seat 40C. She arrived at Nội Bài Airport on March 25. She was taken to a quarantine facility of FPT dormitory in Thạch Thất District of Hà Nội right after landing. After testing positive for the virus on April 6, she was admitted to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Đông Anh branch.

Patient 263, is a 45-year-old woman living in Hạ Lôi Commune of Mê Linh District, Hà Nội. On March 25, the patient suffered a fever, sore throat, cough and tiredness. On April 11, she was tested for SARS-CoV-2. Two days later, the test came back positive. Then she was admitted to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Đông Anh branch, for quarantine and treatment.

At present, all seven patients have no fever, no cough, no shortness of breath and are in a stable condition.

The patients will continue to be isolated and monitored for the next 14 days, according to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

As of Thursday morning (May 14), Việt Nam has now gone four weeks without any community transmissions. 

So far, 259 out 288 infected patients have recovered, accounting for 90 per cent of cases. — VNS