COVID-19 in Vietnam, update on 15th April 2020
Vietnam’s nationwide effort to fend off the COVID-19 pandemic continues to bear fruit, as we are seeing more patients making recoveries by the day. Meanwhile, the number of new cases reported in daily updates has been minimal.
Over the past 24 hours since our last update, 23 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals, and only 2 new cases have been spotted.
At the moment, Vietnam has 169 recoveries, 98 active cases, and no fatalities, adding up to 267 total COVID-19 cases recorded in the country to date.
2 new COVID-19 cases
A patient getting his temperature checked at a hospital
Image credit: Bệnh viện Đa khoa Thành phố Cần Thơ
The two new cases reported in Vietnam are associated with the COVID-19 clusters of Bạch Mai Hospital and Hạ Lôi Hamlet in Hanoi.
Case 266 is a 36-year-old woman living in Thường Tín District, Hanoi. She was at the Bạch Mai Hospital from 8th to 10th March to take care of her mother who was receiving treatment for health problems unrelated to COVID-19 there. She practiced self-quarantine at home from 30th March and was tested on 12th April. Her result came back positive yesterday.
Case 267 is a 46-year-old man from the Hạ Lôi Hamlet, Hanoi. He is friends with Case 243, the first patient case spotted in the hamlet, who had visited him at his house on 20th March. He was confirmed positive yesterday. His wife and daughter had also been previously reported as cases 257 and 258.
23 recoveries reported in Vietnam
Patient 24 (middle), a 69-year-old man from the UK, was in critical condition but has now recovered and been discharged
Image credit: Vtv.vn
Since yesterday, 23 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have tested negative at least 3 times in a row and were approved for discharge.
17 of these were treated at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, 5 were at the Củ Chi Hospital in Hồ Chí Minh City, and 1 was at the Cầu Treo General Hospital in the central province of Hà Tĩnh.
Most notably, 2 of the 17 from Hanoi were in critical health and required life support during treatment, but both have recovered and are in stable condition now.
The discharged patients will continue to be isolated for further monitoring in the next 14 days.
Vietnam and the fight against COVID-19
Thanks to appropriate measures from the government and contributions from the entire population, Vietnam has done a good job in containing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Let’s keep up the good work and get through this ordeal together!
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- 8 things Vietnam has done well against COVID-19
Cover image adapted from: Bệnh viện Đa khoa Thành phố Cần Thơ, Vtv.vn
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