The Health Ministry launched a mosquito-killing drive across the country on Oct. 21 in the context of dengue fever spreading in central and southern regions and the discovery of the 7th Zika nfection.
Hanoi (VNA)🐈 – The Health Ministry launched a mosquito-killing drive across the country on October 21 in the context of dengue fever spreading in central and southern regions and the discovery of the 7th infection of Zika virus.
The campaign, the second of its kind, will be conducted through October and November with the goal of getting local authorities, all agencies and every resident involved in disease prevention measures.
The Health Ministry asks provincial health departments to guide locals in how to stop mosquito from breeding by keeping their water containers clean and advise local authorities on imposing administrative fines on individuals and organisations who refuse to take preventive measures against the diseases.
Communication work needs to be promoted via mass media and in all daily public activities to raise public awareness about their role in disease prevention.
The health sector will strengthen their monitoring and supervision of patients and quarantine work at border gates, while collecting more samples of suspected cases for tests.
Zika is mainly transmitted through the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which also carries dengue fever. The virus causes only mild symptoms in most, including fever, sore eyes and a rash. But pregnant women infected with the virus risk giving birth to babies with microcephaly.
As of October 17, seven cases of Zika infection were confirmed in the central provinces of Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen, Binh Duong province and Ho Chi Minh City in the south.-VNA
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased the Zika virus warning to level 3 - the dangerous level, Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Preventive Medicine Department, announced in an urgent meeting.
A new case of Zika infection has just been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the fifth in the city so far, triggering concern that more Zika cases are likely to appear in the southern hub.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Taking blood samples for test (Source: VNA)
