The Health Ministry has warned of observable risks of the Middle EastRespiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) in Vietnam through arrivals from theMiddle East.
At the June 23 online meeting on disease prevention,head of the ministry’s Preventive Health Department Tran Dac Phuaffirmed no case of MERS-CoV has been detected in Vietnam so far. Thedisease, however, is developing unpredictably in the world.
As apractical measure to prevent the spread of the virus, a medicaldeclaration will be applied to people who enter into Vietnam from MiddleEast countries from July 1 following the ministry’s request.
Accordingly,the regulations will be implemented at three international airports:Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City, Noi Bai in Hanoi and Da Nang incentral Da Nang city. Passengers on flights from nine countries in theMiddle East - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman,Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan and Iran - will be obliged to completethe declaration forms.
Also the meeting, Phu informed areduction in infections of other infectious diseases across the country,saying that the country has so far detected no case of H7N9 avianinfluenza while reporting two deaths of H5N1.
According to theministry, Vietnam has so far this year reported over 32,000 cases ofhand-and-mouth diseases with two deaths, nearly 11,500 malariainfections in 47 provinces, including seven deaths, and 319 cases ofencephalitis by virus, including four deaths.
In the coming time,the ministry continues its surveillance against infectious diseases byproviding vaccinations against measles and rubella among children agedfrom 1 to 14 years old, and applying an IT solution to overseeinfectious diseases in 63 provinces and cities nationwide.
The ministry also requires the international health quarantinecentres in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City to distribute declarationforms in Vietnamese and English to passengers.
In addition,it continues organising teams to localities to fight infectiousdiseases while ensuring sufficiency of vaccinations for the expandedimmunisation programme.-VNA
At the June 23 online meeting on disease prevention,head of the ministry’s Preventive Health Department Tran Dac Phuaffirmed no case of MERS-CoV has been detected in Vietnam so far. Thedisease, however, is developing unpredictably in the world.
As apractical measure to prevent the spread of the virus, a medicaldeclaration will be applied to people who enter into Vietnam from MiddleEast countries from July 1 following the ministry’s request.
Accordingly,the regulations will be implemented at three international airports:Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City, Noi Bai in Hanoi and Da Nang incentral Da Nang city. Passengers on flights from nine countries in theMiddle East - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman,Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan and Iran - will be obliged to completethe declaration forms.
Also the meeting, Phu informed areduction in infections of other infectious diseases across the country,saying that the country has so far detected no case of H7N9 avianinfluenza while reporting two deaths of H5N1.
According to theministry, Vietnam has so far this year reported over 32,000 cases ofhand-and-mouth diseases with two deaths, nearly 11,500 malariainfections in 47 provinces, including seven deaths, and 319 cases ofencephalitis by virus, including four deaths.
In the coming time,the ministry continues its surveillance against infectious diseases byproviding vaccinations against measles and rubella among children agedfrom 1 to 14 years old, and applying an IT solution to overseeinfectious diseases in 63 provinces and cities nationwide.
The ministry also requires the international health quarantinecentres in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City to distribute declarationforms in Vietnamese and English to passengers.
In addition,it continues organising teams to localities to fight infectiousdiseases while ensuring sufficiency of vaccinations for the expandedimmunisation programme.-VNA
