Patient in HCM City tested negative for novel coronavirus
A US citizen under treatment against the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in HCM City was tested negative for the virus, said Dr Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Director of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on February 17.
The patient receives treatment at the HCM City-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – A US citizenunder treatment against the acute respiratory disease caused by a novelcoronavirus (COVID-19) in HCM City was tested negative for the virus, said DrNguyen Van Vinh Chau, Director of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseaseson February 17.
The patient, born in 1974, is the thirdconfirmed case in Vietnam. He was tested negative for the virus on fiveconsecutive days from February 12 to 16 and is now in stable conditions.
With this result, he could be dischargedfrom the hospital, Dr Chau affirmed.
The patient arrived in Vietnam on January16 after spending two hours at an airport in China’s Wuhan, the epicentre ofCOVID-19. He was brought to the HCM City-based hospital on January 31.
As of February 17, all the three COVID-19patients in HCM City were given the all-clear.
So far, Vietnam has confirmed 16 cases ofCOVID-19 infection, and seven of them have been cured./.
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The patient receives treatment at the HCM City-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA) 
