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HANOI, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed that a British tourist earlier infected with COVID-19 had been discharged from hospital after recovery, bringing the total cured patients in the country to 21.
The 58-year-old patient, who previously traveled from London to the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi on a flight, was treated at a hospital in the central city of Hue, and will receive medical observation after leaving the hospital.
As of Saturday noon, Vietnam has reported 169 confirmed COVID-19 cases and no death from the disease. There are 3,215 suspected cases quarantined and over 75,000 others in quarantine for medical observation in the country, according to the health ministry.
