Keyword: "Zika"

Public health authorities in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand are on alert for a potential Zika virus outbreak after 19 cases were reported in the lower Northeast region.

The Ministry of Health on May 25 requested provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide to enhance the prevention and control of the Zika virus and dengue fever.

The Southern Vietnam Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (SVPHEOC) was inaugurated at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Paster Institute on August 23.

Eleven people in Thailand's central Phichit province were confirmed to be infected with the Zika virus while 27 others are being monitored for confirmation, local authorities said on July 4.

The Ministry of Health has urged people to take actions to prevent dengue fever amid increasing infections nationwide.

About 130 Vietnamese and foreign medical experts gathered in Hanoi on June 12 at an international symposium on the management, prevention and control of some diseases caused by Arthropod-borne virus (Arbovirus), any of a group of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks or other arthropods.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed districts to monitor preventive action taken against dengue fever and Zika as the southern region enters the rainy season.

Localities are intensifying measures to prevent dengue fever and Zika virus.

Nineteen Zika virus cases have been reported in HCM City since the beginning of the year, according to the city Preventive Health Centre.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore has announced that a new Zika cluster was detected at Flower Road/Hendry Close, nearing to the North-East Region.

The southeastern province of Dong Nai has identified a new Zika virus infection case, bringing the total number of infections to seven.

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A pregnant woman residing in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 11 has been diagnosed with Zika virus, raising the total number of Zika infections among expectant mothers in the city to 18.

A pregnant woman residing in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 11 has been diagnosed with Zika virus, raising the total number of Zika infections among expectant mothers in the city to 18.

The HCM City Preventive Health Centre is piloting the use of thermal foggers to kill mosquitoes, replacing the ultra-low volume cold fogger, as the number of Zika incidences continues to increase.

The southern province of Dong Nai has reported its first case of Zika – a woman who tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus, local health department reported.

Vietnam may see more Zika cases because community immunity to the mosquito-borne Zika virus is still low, particularly in central, southern and Central Highland provinces.

The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has instructed the building of a procedure for receiving and curing Zika-infected cases, particularly pregnantones.

The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on November 21 reported a second Zika virus infection case.

The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has instructed the building of aprocedure for receiving and curing Zika-infected cases, particularly pregnantones.