A Scottish pilot who was Vietnam's most critical coronavirus patient is virus free and has recovered enough to make the long flight home, doctors said.
Stephen Cameron, from Motherwell, has spent more than three months in hospital in the South East Asian country after being hit by the killer bug.
The 43-year-old was in a coma in intensive care in Ho Chi Minh City for 47 days before beating the virus.
A group of Vietnamese doctors who have been treating Stephen announced on Monday evening that he "has made substantial progress and his health condition allows him to travel" on the 12-hour flight to London.
The man is virus free, breathes normally without any support and is no longer treated as a Covid-19 patient, said Doctor Tran Thanh Linh, the deputy head of intensive care at Cho Ray hospital where the man has been treated.
Stephen had been working for national carrier Vietnam Airlines when he tested positive for the virus in March, after which he became critically ill and spent 65 days on life support.
Doctors said at one point they considered a lung transplant as the man's lungs were 90% damaged and non-functional.
Dr Linh said on Tuesday that the man now sleeps well and can sit up and walk with a walking frame.
He will be accompanied by a team of doctors on a flight to London scheduled for this coming Sunday, the doctor said.
The pilot is known in Vietnam as "Patient 91" as he was the 91st person in the country confirmed to have the coronavirus.
He was Vietnam's last intensive care patient and his recovery means the country has still not had any Covid-19 deaths.
Vietnam has reported a total of 369 coronavirus cases and has not found a local transmitted infection in nearly three months.
All recent cases are people who were infected abroad and the patients were placed in government quarantine facilities upon their arrival in Vietnam.
