Vietnam spends over US$128,000 treating British pilot whose lungs failed after contracting coronavirus

Saving the life of a British pilot who became Vietnam’s most critically ill coronavirus patient has cost the country more than 3 billion dong (US$128,000) so far, but he has been pronounced clear of Covid-19 and authorities are considering repatriating him when he is strong enough to travel. Patient 91, who tested positive for coronavirus in mid-March, spent 47 days on life support and last week only had 10 per cent of his lung capacity. The 43-year-old Vietnam Airlines pilot now has a lung…