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Thursday, March 02, 2023 10:59
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health activated its surveillance system for the early detection of possible suspected infections of the H5N1 subtype of the influenza A virus, reported Le Hong Nga, deputy deputyhead of the Municipal Center for Disease Control (HCDC).
The measure came after a warning from the local Pasteur Institute about a death from the disease in a Cambodian province bordering Vietnam, Hong Nga said.
According to the official, the system focuses on all groups of respiratory diseases in the community or those of serious respiratory infections with a history of exposure to poultry.
Samples of all cases of severe pneumonia of unknown cause will be taken for diagnostic tests, he said.
In poultry and waterfowl farms, wholesale poultry markets, slaughter units and border gates, inspection will be intensified, he said.
He indicated that the huge traffic flows between the southern metropolis and other provinces and cities, along with its large number of border gates, represent a very high risk for the penetration of the disease.
The Municipal Hospital of Tropical Diseases is now ready in terms of facilities, medicines and staff to receive patients infected with the virus. /.
https://es.vietnamplus.vn/ciudad-ho...de-respuesta-a-la-gripe-aviar-h5n1/173656.vnp
Thursday, March 02, 2023 10:59
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health activated its surveillance system for the early detection of possible suspected infections of the H5N1 subtype of the influenza A virus, reported Le Hong Nga, deputy deputyhead of the Municipal Center for Disease Control (HCDC).
The measure came after a warning from the local Pasteur Institute about a death from the disease in a Cambodian province bordering Vietnam, Hong Nga said.
According to the official, the system focuses on all groups of respiratory diseases in the community or those of serious respiratory infections with a history of exposure to poultry.
Samples of all cases of severe pneumonia of unknown cause will be taken for diagnostic tests, he said.
In poultry and waterfowl farms, wholesale poultry markets, slaughter units and border gates, inspection will be intensified, he said.
He indicated that the huge traffic flows between the southern metropolis and other provinces and cities, along with its large number of border gates, represent a very high risk for the penetration of the disease.
The Municipal Hospital of Tropical Diseases is now ready in terms of facilities, medicines and staff to receive patients infected with the virus. /.
https://es.vietnamplus.vn/ciudad-ho...de-respuesta-a-la-gripe-aviar-h5n1/173656.vnp
