(ĐN)- The epidemics abroad are likely to break out in Vietnam unless preventive measures are taken, according to Ministry of Health.
(ĐN)- The epidemics abroad are likely to break out in Vietnam unless preventive measures are taken, according to Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry, there were 110,876 dengue cases nationwide last year, including 36 fatalities. More than 45,000 people were infected with foot and mouth disease, including one fatality.
Zika infection amounted to 219 cases last year and 13 since the beginning of this year. In Dong Nai, a total of seven Zika virus cases have been confirmed in the province. The locality also recorded 169 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease in January.
This year, the medical sector will strengthen monitoring systems in border areas, medical stations and the community to promptly discover and treat infections, and closely oversee influenza, dengue, foot-and-mouth, Japanese encephalitis and Zika cases.
The ministry will continue building emergency operations centres in several provinces, evaluating several new infectious diseases, and consolidating quick-response teams in all channels.
It will also embark on a project to improve the capacity of testing communicable diseases for 2016-2020, as well as enhance the inoculation rate to at least 95 percent of the district’s level.
Reported by P.V
