Measuring body temperature at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Health Ministry is keeping a close watch on the
developments of the -related
() and giving recommendations on preventive measures to the public,
following the information that the Republic of Korea recently reported the
first case in 2018.
MERS is a viral respiratory disease caused by the corona
virus that was first identified in humans in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has
spread to 25 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, the Republic of
Korea, Tunisia and the UK.
It causes severe acute respiratory illness, including fever,
cough and shortness of breath.
Approximately 36 percent of reported patients with MERS have
died. There is currently no vaccine available to protect people from MERS.
The advised people who want to go abroad to
learn about the disease situation in the destination to actively have
preventive measures, keep a close watch on their health by themselves within 14
days after returning, and immediately inform health clinics if they catch
fever.
They were recommended to keep personal hygiene, wash hands
with soap, clean homes regularly and go to the nearest health clinics if acute respiratory
infection symptoms occur.
The MERS outbreak hit the Republic of Korea in 2015,
infecting 186 people, killing over 30 of them, and placing more than 170,000
others under quarantine.
The RoK remains the country with the most MERS-infected
cases outside the Middle East.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
