Zika virus – First patients in Vietnam
In April 5th, Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced that
Vietnam had two victims tested
positive for Zika virus at an official conference.
Facing disease of Zika virus in the world, from the end of
March, the Ministry of Health has actively implemented measures to prevent this
disease even if not yet detected any cases in Vietnam .
Thus, Institute of Pasteur Vietnam tested 1,215 samples of situations that
were doubted in 32 provinces of Vietnam .
Inside that, they detected two patients in Khanh Hoa province and Ho Chi Minh City .
The first case is also a female patient, 64 years old, residing
in Phuoc Hoa Ward, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province; Unfortunately, she had symptoms such as fever, headache, rash on the legs and pinkeye, and visited to Khanh Hoa Hospital
for Tropical Diseases.
The second case is a 33-year-old woman who stays at Thanh My
Loi Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City .
In advance, she was hospitalized at Hospital District 2 with similar symptoms
and the text result as the first case. However, she was 8-week pregnant and considered
that her fetus could be affected by this virus.
Since April 5th,
Vietnamese Ministry of Health has
implemented urgent measures against this disease in Vietnam ,
especially above cities because Khanh Hoa and Nha Trang are two famous tourism
destinations which attracted a number of foreigners each year.
At the conference,
WHO representative also emphasized that this dangerous disease had spread in
over 60 countries from 2007 to 2016 and warned Vietnamese people should be proactive
in preventing.
Before the disease
situation by Zika virus have been recorded in Vietnam ,
the Ministry of Health has sent the Department of Health documents to Khanh Hoa
province and Ho Chi Minh City and inform ed the decease in commune level according to Decision 02/2016/QD-TTg
dated 28/01/2016 of the Prime Minister about provisions of announcement conditionsof Infectious Diseases.
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