PM urges Mers-Cov prevention efforts
The Prime Minister has just released a notice on strengthening
prevention and control of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).
The Prime Minister has just released a notice on strengthening
prevention and control of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).
In the document, the PM urged the Ministry of Health (MoH) to work closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to monitor disease development to prevent the disease from entering Vietnam.
He required that other ministries and localities promptly implement measures in line with the disease prevention plans of the MoH.
The MoH is to ensure prevention measures are strictly deployed at border gates to minimise risks while enhancing related healthcare services to cope with infection possibilities and reduce fatalities.
The Ministry of Health said MERS-CoV has so far spread to 26 countries with 1,179 patients, 442 of whom have died.
In Asia, four countries have recorded MERS-CoV cases: the Philippines, Malaysia, the RoK and China.
Vietnam has implemented drastic prevention measures due to the rapid spreading of MERS-CoV.
MERS-CoV, first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, belongs to a family of corona viruses including SARS, which haunted Asia in 2003.
The disease can spread between people and causes fevers, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
The mortality rate of those infected with the virus is about 51 percent. No vaccine is currently available.-VNA
In the document, the PM urged the Ministry of Health (MoH) to work closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to monitor disease development to prevent the disease from entering Vietnam.
He required that other ministries and localities promptly implement measures in line with the disease prevention plans of the MoH.
The MoH is to ensure prevention measures are strictly deployed at border gates to minimise risks while enhancing related healthcare services to cope with infection possibilities and reduce fatalities.
The Ministry of Health said MERS-CoV has so far spread to 26 countries with 1,179 patients, 442 of whom have died.
In Asia, four countries have recorded MERS-CoV cases: the Philippines, Malaysia, the RoK and China.
Vietnam has implemented drastic prevention measures due to the rapid spreading of MERS-CoV.
MERS-CoV, first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, belongs to a family of corona viruses including SARS, which haunted Asia in 2003.
The disease can spread between people and causes fevers, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
The mortality rate of those infected with the virus is about 51 percent. No vaccine is currently available.-VNA
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