70th anniversary of Hanoi's Liberation Day Vietnam - Asia 2023 Smart City Summit Hanoi celebrates 15 years of administrative boundary adjustment 12th Vietnam-France decentrialized cooperation conference 31st Sea Games - Vietnam 2021 Covid-19 Pandemic
Home / Health & Education / Health
Vietnam takes measures against China pneumonia outbreak
Anh Kiet 16:34, 2020/01/17
The Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 16 requested Vietnam’s relevant ministries to take measures to control pneumonia and prevent the epidemic from spreading into Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) is closely monitoring the situation in the areas bordering with China following news of a pneumonia outbreak in the neighboring country, Vnexpress reported.

China has reported several cases of acute pneumonia in Hubei province's Wuhan city, 1,500 km northeast of the border, since December, according to the ministry’s General Department of Preventative Medicine.

 Illustrative photo. Source: AP

While the outbreak of the viral pneumonia is already a fact, it is unclear whether it is transmissible from person to person.

So far, 41 Chinese people in Wuhan have been infected with the virus, which has been identified as a new type of coronavirus by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. Of the patients, a 61-year-old man, has died.

While no infection has been recorded to date in Vietnam, Vietnamese health authorities have stepped up control of Chinese inbound guests at border gates. Any person found with noticeable symptoms will be quarantined.

Vietnam prepares to deal with pneumonia virus from China

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 16 requested Vietnam’s relevant ministries to take measures to control pneumonia and prevent the epidemic from spreading into Vietnam.

He requested ministries and localities to closely monitor the disease situation, strengthen medical quarantine at border gates, airports and seaports.

The Ministry of Health is asked to collaborate with the World Health Organization to keep the people updated on the situation and devise preventive measures; strengthen surveillance and prevention for the epidemic; ensure sufficient facilities, supplies, equipment, professional and technical instructions and staff.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is tasked with providing timely and accurate information, supplied by the MoH, on the epidemic, prevention and control measures.

Ministry advises protection protocol against pneumonia virus from China

Vietnam’s Health Ministry has listed several steps for people to protect themselves from the new pneumonia virus in China, VnExpress cited a statement last Saturday.

The ministry advised residents to stay away from people with acute respiratory infections and wear a mask when making contact to them.

The people have been told to bundle up well, maintain personal hygiene, especially cleaning hands regularly with soap and gargling with antiseptic rinse.

People should also cover their mouths and noses with a tissue when coughing or sneezing so as to avoid spreading their respiratory tract fluid, and avoid staying close to animal farms or wild animals, it added.

RELATED NEWS
TAG: China pneumonia outbreak
Other news
15:14, 2024/03/24
Hanoi accelerating efforts to reduce new tuberculosis cases
Hanoi has achieved the targets set in the National Strategy for TB Prevention and Control by 2020 with a vision of 2030, with 80% of TB cases detected and 92% of detected patients being cured of the disease.
13:44, 2024/03/10
Hanoi aims for 94.5% health insurance coverage this year.
Hanoi encourages enrollment in social and health ínsurance by increasing banking penetration to facilitate the payment of pensions or monthly social allowances.
18:36, 2024/03/06
Denmark helps Vietnam enhance primary health care
Cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark in the field of health is based on a common understanding that primary health care is crucial to ensure equitable access to health and to tackle the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases.
07:31, 2024/02/08
Hanoi hospitals to ensure quality healthcare during Tet
The move aims to ensure that emergency cases, road accident victims, and emergency births are given due care during the Tet holiday.
21:38, 2023/12/05
Vietnamese doctors master single-port endoscopy
Pediatric Surgery Ward at Hanoi-based Saint Paul General Hospital is one of two centers in the world to perform laparoscopic common bile duct surgery without complications.
16:03, 2023/11/19
EU Green Education: Significant to biodiversity protection in Vietnam
European member states hope that educational initiatives will raise students’ concerns about Vietnam’s rapidly disappearing biodiversity.