Vietnam reports no new community COVID-19 infections for 48 days
Vietnam has gone through 48 straight days with no new community COVID-19 infections as of 6:00pm on June 3, keeping the national tally at 328 cases, of which 188 were imported and immediately sent to quarantine camps upon arrival.
Four more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear and discharged from the Thai Binh General Hospital on June 3. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has gone through 48 straightdays with no new community COVID-19 infections as of 6:00pm on June 3, keeping thenational tally at 328 cases, of which 188 were imported and immediately sent toquarantine camps upon arrival.
The country’s most critically ill COVID-19 patient, aBritish pilot, came off life support on the same day’s morning, said Luong NgocKhue, deputy head of the Treatment Sub-committee under the National Steering Commitee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Over the past two days, doctors have gradually lowered hisextracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) settings, a system that acts as anartificial heart-lung system, to the point where they deemed it safe to switchoff the machine this morning.
Khue noted that while the patient was off ECMO at themoment, his condition remains quite serious and will still be closelymonitored, especially in terms of his lung infections and drug resistance.
The patient will need several weeks to be completely independentof life support and gradually restore his motor functions, he said said.
In the afternoon, four more COVID-19 patients were given theall-clear and discharged from the Thai Binh General Hospital, bringing thetotal number of recoveries to 302.
They are now in stable health condition without fever, co🍰ughor breathing difficulties. They will continue staying in quarantine for healthmonitoring for the next 14 days.
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Four more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear on June 3, the treatment section under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said.
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Four more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear and discharged from the Thai Binh General Hospital on June 3. (Photo: VNA)
