No new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Viet Nam in the past 24 hours, according to figures released by Viet Nam's National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on 22 June morning. 

Doctors take care of patient No.91 (Photo: VNA)

The total number of coronavirus cases in Viet Nam remains at 349 with no deaths.

Viet Nam has seen no new locally transmitted cases for 67 straight days, the Committee said.

In total, 209 of the confirmed cases were overseas arrivals, and they were quarantined on arrival.

Statistics released by the Committee show that Viet Nam has seen 328 people recover from the deadly illness. This means the percentage of patients who have recovered from the coronavirus in the country currently reaches 94.

There are 21 Covid-19 patients currently in hospitals nationwide, of whom, three tested negative for the virus once, and test results came back negative for three others at least twice.

Currently, 6,519  people who are close contacts of coronavirus carriers and arrivals from pandemic-hit areas are under medical monitoring or quarantine at medical facilities and home. across the country.

Also on June 22 afternoon, at a national meeting on the health status of Patient 91, who is the British pilot of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son affirmed that the patient has enough health conditions to discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) of Cho Ray Hospital.

He is fully conscious and can communicate with doctors normally. As strength gradually returns to his limbs, he is now able to turn around on his own bed and sit up by himself. He is also learning to stand up on his own. A CT scan showed that his lung is now 85 percent functional, compared to 20-30 percent a month ago.

Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today