At Lao Bao international border gate (Source: VNA) recorded any to date, deputy head of the Health Ministry’s
Dang Quang Tan has announced.
During a meeting of the Vietnam Public
Health Emergency Operation Centre in Hanoi on June 4, Tan said there are no
direct flights between Vietnam and DR Congo. Only about 30 passengers from DR Congo
checked in Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
According to him, DR Congo recorded the
first Ebola case in 1976. The outbreak erupted in three Western African
countries from 2014-2016 and reoccurred in early April 2018 in DR Congo.
As of May 29 this year, 58 people in DR
Congo had been infected with Ebola during the latest epidemic, killing 27 of
them.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Health
Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said the risk of Ebola infection in Vietnam is low
because infections mostly occur in sparely-populated and remote areas. However,
agencies should stay alert to the epidemic.
He said the Health Ministry is working with
international organisations to keep track of the epidemics as well as
strengthening supervision in communities, border gates and hospitals.
Long asked health sector to enhance training
of health officials on disease discovery, prevention and treatment.
Localities were required to oversee other
epidemics such as influenza A/H1N1, A/H7N9, dengue fever and MER-CoV virus.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
