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66 patients who are being treated are in stable condition. Seven of them have tested negative twice and 13 patients tested negative for the first time.
The health condition of a British pilot who is the patient 91 is also stable now despite being in severe condition. The doctors have been able to control the coagulopathy and improved his lungs. He still needs ECMO. The patient 19 has regained his consciousness and doesn't have a fever. He has tested negative three times for the virus now. Patient 161 needs non-invasive mechanical ventilation but his kidneys have returned to normal and he can communicate with the doctors.
However, on April 19, the Hanoi Department of Health confirmed that a 44-year-old woman had tested positive for the virus again three days after being discharged from the hospital. She is an employee at Truong Sinh Company who provided food and boiled water to Bach Mai Hospital. She was in close contact with Patient 169.
From March 14-16, she returned to her hometown and went to work and stayed at Bach Mai Hospital during this time. On March 29, she was tested positive and treated at Ha Nam General Hospital. She was released on April 14 and continued home-isolation after testing negative three times.
Three days later, she had a light fever and coughing symptoms. On April 18, her test result came back positive. Her husband, daughter and a driver of Truong Sinh Company were in close contact with her. 12 others were in contact with the husband, daughter and driver were asked to home-isolate.
Duong Viet Tai, director of Chuong My District Medical Centre, said, "She has been transferred to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases for monitoring."
This is the second patient in Vietnam that were tested positive again after recovery. The first case was a British man in Danang. He was tested positive again after three weeks of treatment. He has been in home-isolation.
According to the Ministry of Health, doctors often hold online meetings to discuss treatments for patients in severe condition. Nearly 62,998 people are being quarantined, 279 of them are being quarantined at hospitals, 11,338 people are at quarantine centres and 51,381 are home-isolated.
