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The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi where the patient died. She is the 36th person to die of Covid-19 related complications in Vietnam. QDND.VN
Vietnam logs first Covid death this year
Sun, 16 May 2021
Vietnam has recorded its 36th Covid-19-related death – the first since September 3.
The deceased patient is an 89-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension. She died on May 15.
According to information released by the Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the woman had a number of underlying medical conditions.
She was taken to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on May 13 with severe pneumonia caused by Covid-19, respiratory failure, hypertension.
Saturday, May 15, 2021, 15:56 GMT+7
Vietnam’s National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control confirmed the 36th COVID-19 death on Saturday, which was recorded in northern Bac Ninh Province.
The 89-year-old woman, recognized as patient No. 3,839, died of underlying health conditions, according to the committee.
She lived in Bac Ninh’s Thuan Thanh District and was a direct contact of patient No. 3,521, who had been quarantined previously.
The test result on Thursday showed that the woman was positive for the novel coronavirus.
She was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi on the same day, where she was diagnosed with severe pneumonia due to COVID-19, progressive respiratory failure with a history of type-2 diabetes, hypertension for many years, and lumbar vertebral collapse - for which she had undergone a surgery on April 6.
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Vietnam in top seeded group of AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification
Members of Vietnam’s national U22 team during a practice session
Vietnam’s national U23 team is ranked 13th and among five squads in the top seeded group of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers.
The AFC recently announced the list of 46 teams divided into two regional groups for a draw of the qualifiers.
The No.1 seeded group in Southeast Asia and East Asia also comprises the reigning champions the Republic of Korea, Australia, Thailand and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.