Another monkeypox case detected in HCMC
A 34-year-old male patient living in HCMC has recently tested positive for the monkeypox virus.
HCMC to ensure sufficient commodities supply at year end
The merchandise amount to stabilize the Ho Chi Minh City market during the month of Quy Mao Tet holiday 2023 is estimated to satisfy 25-43 percent of the community’s demands. This is the information delivered by Deputy Director of the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade Le Huynh Minh in yesterday’s October summary meeting for socio-economic-medical tasks in the city.
Gas stations run out of fuel due to lack of storage tanks
From the beginning of October to the present, around 9-10 percent of 550 gas stations in the city are facing petroleum supply disruption due to temporary fuel shortages. The reason is that small petrol stations have not got enough storage tanks and depend on suppliers suspended from importing fuel in time.
Health Ministry recommends measures to prevent monkeypox
The Ministry of Health has recommended people to follow six measures to protect themselves from monkeypox, as Vietnam announced the first case of the disease on October 3.
Health Ministry requires hospitals to have isolation areas for monkeypox
Under the Ministry of Health's guidance, hospitals were instructed to carry out screening for people with or suspected of having monkeypox in the community or medical facilities. Hospitals need to put up signs at the entrance of medical facilities so that patients can immediately identify the direction to the screening area which should be located in the medical examination and emergency units.
Health Ministry issues monkeypox monitoring guidance
The Ministry of Health on August 22 issued temporary guidelines for monitoring and preventing monkeypox amid complicated developments of the disease.
Pharma companies told to proactively develop monkeypox medication
Facing complex developments of the monkeypox outbreak in the world, the Health Ministry’s Drug Administration has asked pharmaceutical and material producers to increase the import of and proactively develop monkeypox medication.
HCMC closely monitoring for monkeypox
After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox as a global health emergency, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has just organized training programs to guide the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of monkeypox cases for nearly 250 students from hospitals and health centers in the city.
HCMC keeps close watch on monkeypox
Having yet to log any cases of monkeypox, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is still urging local health facilities to promptly implement prevention and control measures for the viral zoonosis.
Vietnam preparing for combat against monkeypox
The Health Ministry yesterday held an urgent online meeting with functional agencies to discuss possible measures for monkeypox prevention and control, right after WHO declared rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency.
No monkeypox cases recorded in Vietnam so far: Foreign Ministry
Vietnam has not recorded any cases of monkeypox, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on June 23, citing data from the Ministry of Health.
Vietnamese doctors in South Sudan help field hospitals respond to monkeypox
Soldiers of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 have recently provided training and updated knowledge on the epidemiological situation, diagnosis, treatment of prevention of monkeypox for Level-1 field hospitals in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), according to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Monkeypox can be cured and prevented with vaccine
On May 31, the Ministry of Health published a Q&A document on monkeypox answered by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO said that when properly administered before exposure to monkeypox, vaccines are effective at protecting people against monkeypox.
HCMC sets response plan to monkeypox
The Department of Health of HCMC has released a document asking the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC), medical centers of districts and Thu Duc City, public and private healthcare facilities in the city to strengthen prevention and control measures of monkeypox.
Vietnam closely monitors people returning from 12 countries with monkeypox
Today, in its dispatch, the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health asked institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur institute, and health departments in provinces and centrally-run cities to strengthen supervision and prevention of monkeypox following the continuous increase in monkeypox cases in many countries around the world.
Border gates asked to be strictly controlled to prevent monkeypox outbreak
The Ministry of Health asked the Peoples’ Committee of provinces and cities to delegate the health departments and relevant units to impose strict inspections on arrivals at border gates to identify suspected cases of monkeypox.
Vietnam cooperating with WHO to closely monitor monkeypox
The General Department of Preventive Medicine (under the Health Ministry) yesterday announced that functional units in the country are carefully monitoring the status of monkeypox to prevent the disease from entering Vietnam, while continuously working with WHO to timely update the status of this disease worldwide, along with responding measures.