Almost 23,000 tourists, including one from Liberia – the country most
affected by the Ebola virus in West Africa - were recorded at the
Vietnamese-Cambodian border crossings at Moc Bai and Xa Mat in southern
Tay Ninh province between August 12-25.
The Department of Preventive Medicine on August 25 ordered the northern
border province of Lao Cai to brace for the influenza virus strain
A/H5N6 as it caused human deaths in China’s Sichuan province.
The Ministry of Health is keeping a close watch on 83 airline passengers
who came from Ebola-hit regions recently, affirmed Tran Dac Phu, head
of the ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department on August 22.
A Vietnamese guest worker from Liberia – the worst affected by virus
Ebola was willing to be quarantined at the Tropical Diseases Hospital in
Ho Chi Minh City on August 20, with symptoms of fever and sore throat
found before he arrived in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Health's Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAVN) has
issued a nationwide request for provinces and cities to tighten their
management of drug importers and distribution companies.
Two Ebola suspect Nigerians, who arrived at Tan Son Nhat International
Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19, have been discharged from
hospital but remain being tracked in the community within the next 21
days.
The Pasteur Institute and the health department in Ho Chi Minh City
on August 19 isolated two Nigerian passengers showing symptom of fever
when entering Vietnam via Tan Son Nhat International Airport
, according to the Preventive Medicine Centre under the Ministry of
Health.
The Preventive Medicine Centre at the central coastal province of Quang
Ngai on August 18 began conducting health checks on crews from foreign
ships at Dung Quat Port in efforts to prevent Ebola virus from entering
the country.
The Central Highlands strives to set up medical stations in all communes
by 2015 as part of effort to reinforce its public healthcare system,
heard a workshop in Dak Lak province on August 18.
Can Tho city records the lowest malnutrition rate among under-five
children in the Mekong Delta, at 12.2 percent, according to the
municipal Health Department.
Officials from the central board of health care and protection have
shared experience in taking care of public health with South African
counterparts during a visit from August 11-17.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien on August 17 inspected the
prevention of deadly Ebola virus disease at Tan Son Nhat
International Airport, a major port of entry, in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Ministry of Health has ordered localities to supervise water quality
at water supply stations to prevent outbreaks of acute diarrhoea,
particularly in poor areas.
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