A total of 59 viral pneumonia cases of unknown cause, with no fatalities, had been reported in Wuhan city of Hubei province in China as of January 6, according to Xinhua news agency, and the number of cases is increasing. (Photo: AFP)
Hanoi (VNA) – The General Department of Preventive
Medicine has directed municipal and provincial health departments across the
country to intensify preventive work in the face of the mysterious pneumonia
outbreak in China.
A total of 59 viral pneumonia cases of unknown cause, with no
fatalities, had been reported in of Hubei province in China as of
January 6, according to Xinhua news agency, and the number of cases is
increasing.
Therefore, the Vietnamese health departments are requested to instruct
relevant agencies to tighten disease monitoring at border gates, medical centres
and the community through both the regular and (EBS)
systems.
In particular, all people entering the country from Wuhan city
must go through thermal scanning, and suspected cases must be quickly isolated
and reported to management agencies, the ministry said.
The cities and provinces are also asked to prepare all
necessary facilities, instruments, chemicals and medicines and human
resources to deploy preventative measures in a timely manner in all
possible scenarios./.
Source: VietnamPlus
