The A/H1N1 influenza endemic has waned nationwide, a health official said on Jan. 6.
Within the past week, the whole country reported only one infection and no deaths, said head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine and Environment Department, Nguyen Huy Nga, at the National Steering Committee on Human Flu Prevention meeting.
However, Nga added, this winter-spring time provides perfect conditions for the resurrection of many diseases, enhancing the risk that the A/H1N1 virus to combine with other types of virus strains to mutate itself into a more lethal flu strain.
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the Central Hospital for Tropical Disease, the number of A/H1N1 patients at the hospital has remarkably reduced.
He emphasised that pregnant women and people living with HIV must be more vigilant to the flu.
The Ministry of Health meanwhile continued its warning that it is difficult to predict future developments of A/H1N1 flu in the coming time and citizens should take careful preventive measures against the disease./.
Within the past week, the whole country reported only one infection and no deaths, said head of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine and Environment Department, Nguyen Huy Nga, at the National Steering Committee on Human Flu Prevention meeting.
However, Nga added, this winter-spring time provides perfect conditions for the resurrection of many diseases, enhancing the risk that the A/H1N1 virus to combine with other types of virus strains to mutate itself into a more lethal flu strain.
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the Central Hospital for Tropical Disease, the number of A/H1N1 patients at the hospital has remarkably reduced.
He emphasised that pregnant women and people living with HIV must be more vigilant to the flu.
The Ministry of Health meanwhile continued its warning that it is difficult to predict future developments of A/H1N1 flu in the coming time and citizens should take careful preventive measures against the disease./.
