NDO/VNA – The Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and its units stand ready to prevent the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS) from coming to Vietnam and handle any cases, Minister of Public Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien told a meeting in Hanoi on June 8.
The most effective precaution is isolation and strict hygiene controls in hospitals, she said.
Head of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine Tran Dac Phu noted there are currently no cases of MERS in Vietnam but warned of the risks of the virus.
Three suspected cases of infection in Vietnam have tested negative for the virus.
The same day, the ministry held a live nationwide training session on MERS supervision and treatment.
In the face of the MERS outbreak in the Middle East and the Republic of Korea, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued a document on the temporary delay of tours to affected countries.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the municipal Department of Public Health asked agencies and units concerned to stay alert and vigilant to the threat of the virus.
According to the World Health Organisation, MERS has so far spread to 26 countries infecting 1,218 patients, 450 of whom have died. In the Republic of Korea, 87 cases have been recorded with six deaths.
MERS, first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, belongs to a family of corona viruses including SARS, which affected Asia in 2003.
The disease can spread between humans and causes fevers, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
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