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Chief-of-Office Dang Quoc Toan of HCMC People’s Committee summarized the general socio-economic status of the city

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.

A gas station announces to run out of gasoline.

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 requires hospitals to have isolation areas for monkeypox

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.
HCMC closely monitoring for monkeypox

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.
Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)

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.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong chaired the urgent meeting for preventative measures against monkeypox.

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.

Vietnamese doctors in South Sudan help field hospitals respond to monkeypox

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

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

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

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.
Vietnam cooperating with WHO to closely monitor 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.