Health

On the day, a town of 7,600 people in North Vietnam was placed under lockdown.

As of Tuesday, the number of convalescents accounts for 81% of the total infections.

Some 111 laboratories across Vietnam are now capable of diagnosing the novel coronavirus by using Real-time RT-PCR technology, with maximum capacity of thousands of tests per day.

The high ratio of convalescents is significantly resulted from regular consultation among leading doctors and health experts.

As of April 19, convalescents account for 75% of the country's confirmed infections.

The contact- tracing app, along with the remote health check-up platform, could be an ignition for the digital transformation process of the health sector, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Despite no new cases detected in the day, local authorities uphold vigilance on the pandemic.

The new case of the day is from Hanoi, keeping the city on the lead for the number of infections.

One of the latest cases is a worker at Samsung Display plant in the north of Vietnam.

Coronavirus transmission pace seems to slow over the last few days, with several cases confirmed per day.

Local health experts attributed the high ratio of convalescents (56%) to good treatment largely made through daily online consultation.

“Convalescent plasma” contains anti-virus antibodies, when injected into Covid-19 patients, antibodies will support coronavirus ailing patients to fight the viruses.

Leading health experts join daily online consultations to give Covid-19 patients proper treatment regime.

With 15,000 negative samples, it can be said that the outbreak at Bach Mai hospital is under control.

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion would apply strict Covid-19 infection prevention measures during blood collection.

Over the last days, the number of convalescents has been on the rise.

To be considered healthy, Covid-19 patients need to test negative for the virus three consecutive times and go through quarantine for two weeks.

Vietnam is trying to produce invasive and non-invasive ventilators to replace imported ones.

Vietnam has been advised to keep vigilance on the epidemic as the situation is unpredictable.

Vietnam's health ministry should have plans to receive and distribute the ventilators donated by domestic and foreign organizations and individuals.