Three more COVID-19 patients recover, total hits 360

July 20, 2020 - 16:15
Three more COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were released from the treatment facility of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday morning.
Three COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were released from the treatment facility of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday morning. — Photo courtesy of the hospital          

HÀ NỘI — Three more COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were released from the treatment facility of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday morning.

The recovered patients have lifted the country total’s COVID-19 cases being given the all-clear to 360, making up nearly 94 per cent of total confirmed patients with coronavirus in Việt Nam.

They include: Patient 360 (34, living in Quảng Xương District, Thanh Hóa Province); Patient 362 (34, living in District 9, HCM City); and Patient 363 (33, living in Bình Giang District, Hải Dương Province).

They are three Vietnamese men who returned home from Bangladesh. On July 3, they landed at Vân Đồn International Airport in Quảng Ninh Province and were sent to an isolation area in Thanh Hóa.

They were sent to the hospital for treatment on July 5 when the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology confirmed their tests positive for SARS-CoV-2.

During treatment, they had two tests and all tests came back negative for SARS-CoV-2. They currently have no fever, no cough, no difficulty in breathing, clear and well-ventilated lungs and are in a stable condition.

The three patients will continue to be isolated and monitored for the next 14 days.

As of Monday morning, the Ministry of Health reported no new COVID-19 community transmission cases over the past 95 days in Việt Nam. The country confirmed total 383 COVID-19 cases and no fatalities have been reported. — VNS

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