The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has instructed the building of aprocedure for receiving and curing Zika-infected cases, particularly pregnantones.
Ho Chi Minh City detected three new Zika virus infections, raising the total number of infections in the city to 38, announced the municipal Department of Health on November 14.
Ho Chi Minh City is offering more advice and tests for pregnant women amidst fear of the Zika virus, with 17 cases reported in the southern city by October 31.
The Philippine Government on October 5 reported three new cases of Zika virus infection, bringing the total of locally-transmitted Zika infections in the country to 15 this year.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel warning, advising pregnant women to consider postponing unimportant travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries.
The Department of Health of central Binh Dinh province on May 16 provided training for medical workers at local health providers caring for pregnant women during the Zika virus outbreak.
As the proportion of pregnant women with diabetes has risen in Vietnam in the last 20 years, doctors are urging early screening to detect gestational diabetes.
The Ministry of Health on April 6 issued a temporary manual guiding pregnant women on how to take care of themselves amid the circulation of the Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly.
Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has suggested Vietnam expand supervising subjects to prevent the spread of Zika virus into the country as it is continually developing globally.
A programme on piloting maternal and child health (MCH) record books in Vietnam has had encouraging outcomes, as heard at a seminar in Hanoi on August 11.