Female Covid-19 patient returning from Dubai with high fever and pneumonia

VnExpress.vn• May 11, 2020 15:54

Information from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City on May 11 said that it had just received a case of Covid-19 infection transferred from a local hospital. The patient is Ms. NTKL (50 years old) with pneumonia and respiratory failure, a case of Covid-19 infection after returning to the country from Dubai.

This is the 278th case of Covid-19 infection in Vietnam, a female patient returning from Dubai with severe progression who was recently transferred from Bac Lieu Provincial Hospital to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City for treatment.

Before being transferred, the patient was treated at Bac Lieu General Hospital. However, the disease progressed with signs of worsening, so the Ministry of Health decided to transfer the patient to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases for specialized care and treatment.

Nữ bệnh nhân Covid-19 số 178 đã được chuyển tới Bệnh viện Bệnh Nhiệt Đới ngày 10/5

Female Covid-19 patient number 178 was transferred to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases on May 10.

Currently, the patient is being isolated and treated in a stable blood pressure condition but has a lot of cough, high fever of 39 degrees Celsius, pneumonia, respiratory failure, and is receiving oxygen through the nose. The results of the patient's nasopharyngeal swab test at the hospital confirmed that the sample was positive for SARS-CoV-2.