Mekong delta trip

On the way to the hospital after going into labor, a pregnant woman was run over by a concrete mixing transport truck in Vietnam, causing the fetus to be squeezed out of her womb seven years ago. The tiny unborn baby survived the crash and has grown into a healthy and happy one-legged boy. It happened on October 25, 2014 in Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province, located in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The husband was driving his wife on a motorbike. The wife died on site. The fetus came out with one leg lost, so did his father. Following a deep coma, a limb removal operation, the lack of his mother’s milk and warmth, the baby still beat all the odds. The tin soldier Despite his tragic birth, Nguyen Quoc Huy has braved the ordeal of having one leg and leads a happy life with his father. “My job is simply to see him smile each day,” said Nguyen Van Nam, his 39-year-old father, who lives in Cho Moi District, An Giang, which is considered a 'rice bowl' in the Mekong … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, child thrown out of mother’s womb in tragic accident grows happily

Man dies at quarantine facility in Dong Thap The Saigon Times The entrance of Hong Ngu College requisitioned as a quarantine center, where a man died this morning - PHOTO: TNO HCMC - A 32-year-old man who was suffering from tuberculosis and exhaustion has died at a concentrated quarantine facility in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap after testing negative for Covid-19 once. Doan Tan Buu, vice chairman of the provincial government, confirmed on June 22 that the man was dead this morning. The deceased was identified as a resident of Phu Dien Commune in the province’s Thap Muoi District. He was sent to the quarantine center on June 8 after returning to the province from some other provinces. On June 9, he felt tired and could not eat anything, while his health deteriorated. As such, he was transferred to the Hong Ngu General Hospital for quarantine and treatment. His Covid-19 test result came back negative on the same day, the local media reported. He … [Read more...] about Man dies at quarantine facility in Dong Thap

As the spread of the virus is likely to continue disrupting economic activity and negatively impact the country’s manufacturing and service industries, the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology has developed the NanoCovax vaccine to halt the spread of Covid-19. The results of the trial’s second phase showed that the Nancovax vaccine was better than expected; therefore, the National Council of Medical Research Ethics and the Ministry of Health has approved the third phase of the clinical trial on 13,000 volunteers. A trial showed that the NanoCovax coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of 99,4 percent plus, its price is just VND120,000 (US$5.22) a dose. Nanogen said its current production capacity is 20 million doses to 12 million doses a month. Moreover, it has expanded its cold storage to contain 10 million doses of vaccine. Accordingly, it is expected to supply 50 million doses from now to December 2021 and 100 million doses of vaccine by 2022. Researchers are making … [Read more...] about Company proposes emergency licensing for NanoCovax vaccine

A woman from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has passed away after being diagnosed with COVID-19 about a week earlier. The case was recorded in My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, Tran Thanh Thao, director of the provincial Department of Health confirmed on Tuesday morning. The 61-year-old patient, coded No. 11,793, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on June 15 and was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on June 17. She was treated at Long Dinh COVID-19 treatment hospital in Tien Giang. The patient had a history of type-2 diabetes and hypertension. On Monday morning, the woman had such symptoms as coughing, fatigue, and difficulty breathing so she was transferred to the Tien Giang Field Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases as her condition worsened. Doctors diagnosed her with respiratory failure, COVID-19, type-2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. Despite their efforts, the patient died later the same day. She will be cremated in accordance with Ministry of Health … [Read more...] about Vietnamese woman dies one week after being diagnosed with COVID-19