16 more Covid-19 patients have just been discharged from hospitals, bringing the number of recovered cases to 144 among a total of 255 patients in the country as of Friday afternoon.
Covid-19 patients pose for a photo with doctors at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi before leaving the hospital.
Of the released patients on April 10, nine were from the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases including eight Vietnamese nationals and three foreign tourists from the UK, France, and Sweden.
A 23-year-old Vietnamese male patient was released from the Bac Ninh Provincial General Hospital and a 10-year-old Vietnamese boy was also discharged from the Ho Chi Minh City Children's Hospital after recovering from the disease.
Also on Friday afternoon, the Danang Hospital announced the recovery of the last Covid-19 patient here, a 27 year-old Vietnamese woman, and the Binh Thuan General Hospital also cleared their last two patients who are a 64-yer-old woman and a 11-year-old boy, both Vietnamese.
A Covid-19 patient gives a cake as present to doctors at the Danang Hospital before being released on April 10. Photo by Tienphong
A 31-year-old British woman and a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman were discharged from Cu Chi Temporary Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City after fully recovering from the disease.
All these patients will be further monitored at home or other health-care centres for 14 days.
