February 19, 2020 | 15:09 (GMT+7)
Two COVID-19 patients in Vinh Phuc discharged from hospital
Two patients with COVID-19 in the northern province of Vinh Phuc were discharged from hospital on February 18 afternoon.
The women received treatment at a general clinic in Binh Xuyen district of the province. They are the first two COVID-19 patients to be successfully cured at a district-level medical facility.
The 42-year-old woman is a relative of and had close contact with a female worker of the Nihon Plast company in Binh Xuyen Industrial Park of Vinh Phuc. This worker was tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 after she and seven colleagues had returned from a two-month training course in China’s Wuhan city, the center of the epidemic.
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The two patients (third and fourth from right) in Vinh Phuc province are discharged from hospital on February 18 afternoon |
The other case is 29 years old and she was in the same group of Nihon Plast workers returning from Wuhan.
Earlier on February 18, two other COVID-19 patients were discharged from the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi. They are a 29-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, both from Vinh Phuc province.
So far, Vietnam has confirmed 16 cases of COVID-19 and not recorded any new patients since February 13. Among them, 11 have been discharged from hospital.
Source: VNA