No new cases recorded, 3 remain in critical condition

April 14, 2020 | 08:00

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No more new coronavirus cases were reported as of 6 am on April 14 morning, keeping the national count at 265, with 3 patients remaining in critical condition, according to the Ministry of Health.

COVID-19: No new cases recorded, 3 remain in critical condition

Of the 265 confirmed patients in Vietnam, 160 returned from abroad (60.4%), and 105 people contracted the deady virus in the community (39.6%).

A total of 72,291 people coming into close contact and returning from epidemic-hit areas are being kept in quarantine for health monitoring.

According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, there are 119 cases being treated at 14 hospitals, including three patients No 161, 20, 91 being in a critical condition.

Nine cases have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once or and 23 cases have tested negative for the virus twice, it said.

Earlier, on April 13 evening, Dixong John Garth, a 74-year-old British man (patient 28) was released from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases. He was hospitalised on March 8 after entering Vietnam on March 2. During his treatment period, he tested negative for the virus twice on April 8 and April 10, with his stable health condition.

Mr Dixong and his wife, also a COVID-19 patient, who had been treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, fully recovered from the disease earlier. At dawn on April 14, the couple took a home flight, arranged by the British Government for British citizens only.

As of April 14 morning, Vietnam recorded a total of 265 cases of COVID-19, including 146 (55%) being discharged from hospital.

Notably, nine cases of full recovery are set to be announced by the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on the afternoon of April 14.

VNA

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