Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dead of a "rare virus" at 61

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Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...dai-quang-dead-at-61-serious-illness-10744152

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61
21 Sep 2018 01:07PM (Updated: 22 Sep 2018 02:42AM)

HANOI: Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, a former police chief known as a tough politician and committed communist with little tolerance for dissent, died on Friday (Sep 21) aged 61 after a serious illness, state media reported...

...The president had sought treatment in Japan for over a year before he was checked into hospital on Thursday afternoon after contracting a "rare virus", Nguyen Quoc Trieu, in charge of the healthcare committee for top leaders, said in state media...

 

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[h=1]President Tran Dai Quang died due to 'rare and malicious virus'[/h]

Tran Dai Quang, one of the top three leaders in Vietnam, has died at the age of 62 because of "rare and malicious viruses," state media quoted health officials as saying. He said on September 21.
"Japanese professors and doctors have treated and strengthened the health of the president for about a year. However, this disease in the world does not have the drug to completely cure but only able to stop and repel a time, "VnExpress quoted Nguyen Quoc Thieu, head of protection, health care staff The central said.
According to sources, Tran Dai Quang was found to have "rare and poisonous virus" from July last year and went to Japan 6 times for treatment.
Tran Dai Quang admitted to the Central Military 108 on September 20 and died about 10:05 am on 21/9 after falling into complete coma, according to VnExpress.
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Tough to imagine what this is. It seems he had this virus for about a year before dying, and it says they can treat this, but not cure it. I don't see any evidence that he was in isolation for the past year, so the assumption is that this isn't something spread easily H2H. Also, there doesn't seem to have been any hesitancy to transfer the patient out of country for treatment. It also seems like the doctors knew what the patient had, even if the reporters aren't publishing it.

HIV/AIDS comes to mind, but if this is that, why didn't they say it. If one assumes "virus" is a machine translation of something like "agent", then something like XDR-TB might be suspect.

Without mention of any symptoms, it's tough to take a guess.