A variant of the novel coronavirus that Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long presented as a combination of the strains first identified in the UK and India is not a new ‘hybrid’, but the existing B.1.617 strain first detected in India, World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Vietnam Dr Kidong Park told Japanese newspaper Nikkei in a virtual interview.
Gò Vấp hospital in HCM City temporarily stopped receiving outpatients from June 3. VNA/VNS Photo An Hiếu Khánh Vân After wreaking havoc in a series of hospitals in the north in early May, COVID-19 infections are appearing at medical facilities in the south. It has forced the lockdown of two hospitals in HCM City four others to stop providing health check-ups and treatment for outpatients. Last month, 10 key medical facilities in the north were locked down in the space of 10 days due to new cases, including the leading COVID-19 treatment facility of the northern region - the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District.
Vietnam recorded its 52nd coronavirus death Saturday afternoon, bringing the fatality tally in its latest Covid-19 wave to 17. - VnExpress International
Saturday, June 05, 2021, 10:21 GMT+7
A 63-year-old COVID-19 patient in northern Hai Duong Province died on Friday, marking Vietnam’s 51st coronavirus death and the 16th fatality in the latest wave.
The man, recognized as patient No. 3,153, died of septic shock and pneumonia due to COVID-19 with complications arising out of spinal disorder, the Health Ministry said in an announcement on the same day.
The patient had suffered from spinal disorder without treatment for more than ten years, as well as a fever that lasted two months before being hospitalized on April 28.
He was tested and diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 7.
The man was treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases for infection and pneumonia, but responded poorly to treatment.