UK pilot may be discharged from hospital soon

A British pilot in Vietnam stricken with Covid-19, who at one point seemed close to death, has almost fully recovered and is in a position to be discharged from hospital, a Vietnamese medical official said. The case of Stephen Cameron has attracted national attention in Vietnam, where a combination of targeted testing and aggressive quarantine has kept its coronavirus tally to an impressively low 335 cases and zero deaths. “The patient can leave now, but the most important thing is that he practises physical therapy,” said health official Luong Ngoc Khue. The 43-year-old Scot arrived in Vietnam in early March to work for Vietnam Airlines, according to state media. On March 20, he was hospitalised with Covid-19 symptoms. By early April, Cameron was on a ventilator and life support machine. In May, medical officials said the disease had reduced his lung capacity to 10% and that he urgently needed a lung transplant. Weeks later, however, Cameron regained consciousness after his condition began to improve. He no longer needed a lung transplant, said Khue.<br/>