Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:37 GMT+7
A 64-year-old patient in Hanoi died from coronavirus-related complications on Wednesday, raising Vietnam’s COVID-19 death toll to 38.
According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, the victim, dubbed patient No. 3,197, was diagnosed with blood infection, liver cancer, hepatitis B, and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis after she was admitted to the Dong Anh District branch of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in the capital on May 4.
In the early hours of May 7, an abrupt lockdown mandate sealed off all three Hanoi branches of the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was discovered at the facility.
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20/05/2021 09:15 GMT+7
The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new variants of SARS-CoV-2 after gene sequencing of patient samples.
The two new variants are B.1.222 and B.1.619.
Văn Đình Tráng, head of the Microbiology and Molecular Biology Ward under the hospital, told the Sức khỏe&Đời sống (Health and Life) newspaper that the B.1.222 variant had appeared in 11 countries, but was most common in the UK and particularly Scotland. This strain has many mutations on the spike protein different from the Indian strain B.1.617.2.
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 18:19 GMT+7
An 81-year-old Vietnamese man with COVID-19 has passed away, becoming the country’s 39th coronavirus-related death and the second reported on Thursday.
The patient, coded 3,554, has a history of cirrhosis, diabetes, hypertension, gout, and prolonged knee pain, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control confirmed on Thursday afternoon.
He was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on May 3 and was diagnosed with sepsis in patients with cirrhosis and gout.
The elderly man tested positive for the novel coronavirus on May 11 and was given intensive care, breathing support, continuous dialysis, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medicine, and anticoagulants.
HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new variants of SARS-CoV-2 after gene sequencing of patient samples.
The two new variants are B.1.222 and B.1.619.
Van Dinh Trang, head of the Microbiology and Molecular Biology Ward under the hospital, told the Suc khoe & Doi song (Health and Life) newspaper that the B.1.222 variant had appeared in 11 countries, but was most common in the UK and particularly Scotland. This strain has many mutations on the spike protein different from the Indian strain B.1.617.2.
Variant B.1.222 was discovered when the hospital’s Covid-19 research team sequenced the SARS-CoV-2 gene from the oropharyngeal specimen of a 29-year-old patient, a Ukrainian expert. The patient was quarantined immediately after entering Vietnam.
Variant B.1.619 has spike protein similar to Indian strain B.1.617.2. Variant B.1.619 appeared in many countries, possibly originating from Cameroon and then spreading to Europe.