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Localities asked to prevent Ebola from entering Vietnam

The health sector has asked localities to strengthen supervision over Ebola virus at border gates and in the community to promptly apply suitable and effective preventive measures to avoid the intrusion of the virus to Vietnam.
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Hanoi (VNA) –The health sector has asked localities to strengthen supervision over Ebolavirus at border gates and in the community to promptly apply suitable andeffective preventive measures to avoid the intrusion of the virus to Vietnam.

The PreventiveMedicine Department under the Ministry of Health on May 21 warned the publicthat the Ebola virus recurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo since early2018 with complicated developments. The World Health Organisation’s EmergencyCommittee has held a meeting to deal with the disease.

The Ministry of Healthwill continue working closely with the WHO to supervise the disease’sdevelopments.

According to the WHO,possible preventive measures include strengthening the supervision system,setting up a management system, launching mobile testing, and calling for the engagementof localities’ leaders.

Ebola is a highlyinfectious disease that spreads through contact with even a small amount ofbodily fluid of an infected person. Its early flu-like symptoms are not alwayseasy to detect.

The current outbreak- the ninth to hit Congo since Ebola was identified in 1976 - involves the samestrain of the virus that struck three West African countries in 2013-15 andsparked an international panic. It went on to kill more than 11,300 people inthe deadliest ever Ebola epidemic.-VNA
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