The Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 26 confirmed the 45th COVID-19- related death – a 67-year-old female with serious underlying health conditions.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Treatment Subcommittee under the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 26 confirmed the45th COVID-19- related death – a 67-year-old female with seriousunderlying health conditions.
The patient, residing in the northern province of Bac Ninh’sThuan Thanh district, had a history of hypertension, radiation-inducedhypothyroidism, diabetes, and obesity.
On May 11, she was admitted to the Thuan Thanh GeneralHospital and was isolated for pneumonia treatment.
One day later, she tested positive for the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2, then was transferred to the Bac Ninh General Hospital for furthertreatment.
Her conditions got worse on May 25, and he died later thesame day due to septic shock and SARS-CoV-2-induced pneumonia with underlyingconditions noted as hypertension, hypothyroidism, diabetes, and obesity.
Vietnam recorded 40 more locally-infected COVID-19 casesover the last 6 hours to 12:00 on May 26, lifting the national count to 5,971,according to the Ministry of Health./.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 24 confirmed one more COVID-19 related death – a 38-year-old worker at an industrial park in the northern province of Bac Giang, raising the death toll in Vietnam to 44.
Vietnam recorded 40 more locally-infected COVID-19 cases over the last 6 hours to 12:00 pm May 26, lifting the national count to 5,971, according to the Ministry of Health.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged ministries, agencies, and localities to take more drastic action to drive back the COVID-19 pandemic in northern Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces while ensuring production and trade are not disrupted.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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