The isolation ward for nCoV patients at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The of Vietnam is capable
of diagnosing, treating and curing patients infected with the acute respiratory
disease caused by the 2019 (), Deputy Minister of Health
Nguyen Truong Son has said.
Expressing the confidence at a meeting in Hanoi
on February 3, Son further said there are about 17,000 confirmed nCoV cases,
including 362 deaths, around the world at present. The fatality rate of this
disease is some 2 percent, compared to the 9.6 percent of the severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the past.
He predicted that the number of nCoV cases is
likely to soar in the time ahead.
Meanwhile, health of the eight infected patients
in Vietnam has shown improvement. Notably, a case under treatment at the Cho
Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has been tested negative for the virus for
three times, and he is set to be discharged from hospital on February 4. A
patient in Thanh Hoa province has also been tested negative and came out of
hospital on February 3.
The deputy minister said with the health
sector’s capacity, support from other sectors and drastic directions by Prime
Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam, the Ministry of Health will
fulfill its tasks to ensure people’s health.
Regarding Chinese nationals returning to work in
Vietnam after the Lunar New Year holiday and the possible surge of Vietnamese
coming home from China, where the nCoV is raging, Deputy Minister of Defence
Sen. Lt. Gen. Tran Don said the border guard force has suspended the entry into
Vietnam by people from China at all border crossings.
At border gates, relevant agencies will isolate
all people coming from nCoV-hit areas, especially China’s Hubei province – the
epicenter of the epidemic. Meanwhile, suspected cases or persons from other
affected regions will also be quarantined at medical establishments or local
communities, he added.
At the meeting, Deputy PM Dam, head of the national
steering committee for the nCoV-caused disease prevention and control, stressed
that relevant agencies and localities must not be subjective but stay proactive
in disease prevention and control./.
Source: VietnamPlus
