Ministry of health

As of June 24, diphtheria has claimed the life of one resident in Glong district, while an additional 12 people have tested positive for diphtheria bacteria in both Krong No and Dak Glong districts. The Dak Nong Provincial Center for Disease Control has moved to quarantine more than 1,200 people who came into close contact with positive cases. The Ministry of Health has therefore directed the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to dispatch experts to Dak Nong in order to isolate the affected areas, conduct epidemiological investigations, and guide local people by educating them on various preventive measures that can be taken.  … [Read more...] about Health Ministry stamps out diphtheria outbreak in central Vietnam

According to Nguyen Tuan Lam, from the World Health Organization in Vietnam, e-cigarettes and shisha have the same harmful effects on people’s health as traditional tobacco. They could cause cancer, including lung cancer, and respiratory-related diseases. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Ministry of Health sounds alarm over e-cigarettes

Vietnam was lauded for suppressing an earlier contagion through aggressive testing, contact-tracing and quarantining, but it is now racing to control infections in multiple locations linked to the popular holiday city of Da Nang, where a new outbreak was detected on July 25. … [Read more...] about Vietnam PM says next 10 days ‘critical’ in virus fight

With regard to ventilators, the Ministry of Health representative stated that currently there is enough production capacity in the country to quickly produce them without worrying about a shortage of ventilators occurring in COVID-19 treatment. A number of domestic units have also started to produce biological products to serve in COVID-19 testing, he added. … [Read more...] about PM Phuc orders drastic countermeasures amid peak of COVID-19 wave

According to the Ministry of Health, the outbreak in the central city of Da Nang has been gradually controlled.  The spread of the disease among the community has been limited and the number of new infections has dropped in recent days. Most of fatalities related to COVID-19 had underlying conditions./. … [Read more...] about Prime Minister orders effective COVID-19 prevention strategies