Doctors in Vietnam are struggling to save a 43-year-old pilot from becoming the country's first casualty from COVID-19. They've concluded a lung transplant is the only option left.
An airline employee holds a thermometer to check boarding passengers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. After three weeks with no local cases reported, Vietnam has reopened schools, businesses, factories and tourist attractions.An airline employee holds a thermometer to check boarding passengers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. After three weeks with no local cases reported, Vietnam has reopened schools, businesses, factories and tourist attractions.
He is a 43-year-old British pilot for Vietnam Airlines, who officials say is the 91st person to develop COVID-19 in Vietnam. He contracted the virus in mid-March after visiting a bar in the city once known as Saigon.resulted in more than 4,000 people being tested, with at least 18 of them — including the pilot — testing positive. Most have since recovered.
to donate part of their lung, only to be rebuffed. All were Vietnamese, including a 70-year-old war veteran.
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