According to the HCM City Department of Health, up to 53 among the total 54 Covid-19 patients in HCM City have been discharged from hospital. The remaining patient is the British pilot who is staying for the treatment at the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
The HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases where the pilot is staying for the treatment
He tested negative on Thursday after improved health.
The 43-year-old pilot, who works for national carrier Vietnam Airlines, was diagnosed with the virus infection in March and became Vietnam’s Patient 91. He had a past medical history of blood-clotting disorders, lung damage, and a high white blood cell count.
He has been using a ventilator and receiving outside-body life support in the form of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
The HCM City Department of Health reported that HCM City had recorded no new case Covid-19 for the past 17 days.
