Miraculous journey by one of Vietnam’s most critical COVID-19 patient
09:52 | 27/05/2020
Known as Patient 19, the 64-year-old woman suffered life-threatening emergency several times during the treatment and seem to unlikely to survive. Miraculously, she gets a successful recovery and is eligible discharged from the hospital following nearly three months of treatment.
Video: One of most critical COVID-19 patients in Vietnam has ‘miraculous recover’
06:00 | 13/05/2020
Few people imagined that patient 19, who have in been critically ill at times, has experienced “miraculous recovery” thanks to great efforts of frontline medical workers.
Greenland becomes the only country with no active COVID-19 patient
14:52 | 24/04/2020
With all 11 COVID-19 patients released from hospital April 4, no new infections reported ever since, Greenland was declared the first and only country worldwide affected by the novel virus to now have no active cases, according to the National Medical office in Denmark.
Vietnamese-Canadian doctor in Quebec died of COVID-19
14:15 | 18/04/2020
Huy Hao Dao, 44, died of COVID-19 complications April 16, became the first doctor in Quebec province to succumb to the disease. He had not been in contact with patients earlier, official says.
American COVID-19 patient shocked with huge medical bill
15:06 | 17/04/2020
While an American COVID-19 patient was shocked receiving a medical bill of nearly US $35,000 before the Families First Coronavirus Response Act which covers only testing costs was enacted March 18, all Vietnamese citizens are enjoying the favor of free testing, treatment for the virus, even if they are positive.
COVID-19 patient remains may be contagious, coroner’s case reveals
10:00 | 17/04/2020
A forensic practitioner working in Bangkok, Thailand, most likely caught the virus from a deceased patient, later died of the virus, indicating that coronavirus could be contagious even after death, a new report published April 11 in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine finds.
Vietnam seeks rare medicine from abroad for critical British COVID-19 patient
16:13 | 14/04/2020
Vietnam Health Ministry has ordered a rare coagulation drug from abroad, which is currently not available in Vietnam, to treat the nCoV-hit British pilot, whose condition is getting worse and the existing drugs are no longer effective for his blood clotting.
British COVID-19 patient: ‘If it’s not Vietnam, we might have died’
12:52 | 14/04/2020
The British woman, whose husband was one of the 6 heaviest COVID-19 patients in Vietnam, thanks Vietnam for helping both of them recover from the deadly disease. The couple was released from hospital on April 13 night, in time for the flight home.
Vietnam COVID-19 update: 27 more patients discharged, including 7 foreigners
19:05 | 07/04/2020
With 27 new patients clear of the novel virus and being released from hospital, Vietnam as of April 7 has 122 recovered patients - almost levels the number of active patients - and witnesses no new infection for three consecutive days.
Doctors burst into tears as last COVID-19 patient tests negative along with 11 recovered today
15:08 | 07/04/2020
Today, Vietnam confimed 11 cases recovered after test negative, raising the recoveries to 105, Doctors in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam’s South Central Coast, shed tears and hugged each other with joy as the last COVID-19 patient of the province won over the disease.
Vietnam COVID-19 demographics: majority of patients in Vietnam under 50
19:31 | 03/04/2020
As of April 3, 70 percent of recorded Vietnamese cases are in their 20-49 age group, with those 20-something dominated. Vietnamese accounts for 83 percent of the total confirmations (223 cases), the remaining are foreigners, expats and visitors, Vietnam Ministry of Health has claimed.
Hanoi ready to handle 1,000 COVID-19 patients simultaneously
16:38 | 03/04/2020
Hanoi has already geared up equipment, facilities, medical staff to cope with 1,000 COVID-19 patients simultaneously. The capital is also preparing for a worse scenario case of 2,000-3,000 patients, Deputy Director of the city’s Health Department told VNS.
Covid-19 patients could still be contagious 8 days after symptoms disappear
08:18 | 01/04/2020
Haft of the patients with mild COVID-19 infections in a study still carry the novel coronavirus 2.5 - 8 days after they’ve appeared to recover, Science Daily reported.
55 Covid-19 patients in Vietnam have fully recovered and dischared from hospital
13:17 | 31/03/2020
Two hospitals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City announced that 30 more COVID-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total to 55.
Covid-19 updates in Vietnam, March 28: 169 infections, 21 patients have discharged
08:58 | 28/03/2020
Vietnam has recorded six more Covid-19 cases, putting the country’s count to 169 on March 28. On the other hand, among 54 patients tested negative four times in a row, 21 are expected soon to be discharged from hospitals.
Hanoi has finished its field hospital building in 7 days
09:13 | 25/03/2020
In a quick response to Covid-19 spread and well equip treatment conditions to potential patients, Hanoi has accomplished its field hospital with 250 beds in 7 days only.
Italian ambassador appreciates Vietnamese alumni’s support to fight against Covid-19
17:02 | 21/03/2020
In the latest statement delivered from Hanoi, the Italian ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro has expressed his sincere gratitude toward Vietnamese alumni of Italian universities for their practical deeds and shares to the Covid-19 hit the country.
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Vietnam witnessed the 33rd case
19:18 | 10/03/2020
The epidemic COVID-19 has maintained and tended to have the outbreak with the 33rd patient in Vietnam, says Ministry of Health.
Hanoi's 21st Covid-19 patient might have spread virus to dozens
06:29 | 09/03/2020
The patient, a 61-year-old man on the same flight from London to Hanoi as 26-year-old Nguyen Hong Nhung, the first Covid-19 patient in the capital city, had been in direct contact with over 20 people before quarantined as he attended a gathering at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in Ba Dinh District last Wednesday,
Double lung transplant performed on COVID-19-infected patient in China
17:36 | 03/03/2020
The first double lung transplant for a patient infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia was successfully performed in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, on Saturday (Feb 29).
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