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Kidong Park, Chief Representative of the World Health Organization in Vietnam, spoke at the online meeting – Photo: QUANG HUNG
According to the Minister of Health, variant of the coronavirus Emerging in the UK could increase the prevalence of the COVID-19 epidemic by up to 70%. However, this strain of virus has shown no signs of increasing the number of serious illnesses and deaths.
Earlier, when an outbreak in Da Nang, Vietnamese health officials had recorded that the COVID-19 virus strain had mutated. Previously, this strain appeared in South Asia with a rate of spread not as great as the strain of the virus in the United Kingdom, but it has caused many difficulties for Vietnam to cope with the epidemic.
Currently, Vietnam has not recorded any cases of new virus infections in the UK. As of December 23, 21 days no more cases have been recorded in the community after a cluster of 4 cases in Ho Chi Minh City in early December.
Mr. Dang Quang Tan, director of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health), suggested that localities prepare anti-epidemic kits and strengthen surveillance in isolation areas. Flight attendants and flight crews must be quarantined for a full 14 days (including centralized isolation and residential isolation). Hanoi Health Department suggests not isolating yourself in crowded apartments, not guaranteeing conditions.
On December 23, the Ministry of Health reported that it registered 1 new case of COVID-19. A patient has just returned from the US, is immediately quarantined and is currently being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. This is the case 1421 in Vietnam since the beginning of the outbreak.
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long launched to mark International Disease Control Day on December 27 in Vietnam, in the spirit of the United Nations General Assembly resolution dated 7-12.
This is the first resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in this regard, also the first resolution proposed and successfully adopted by Vietnam in the United Nations General Assembly.
The resolution calls on all member states, international and regional organizations and individuals to celebrate the annual International Disease Prevention and Control Day to emphasize the importance of prevention and preparedness. and cooperate in response to epidemics.
December 27 was chosen as the International Day of Disease Control, chosen according to the date of birth of the scientist Louis Pasteur, one of the first to lay the foundations of preventive medicine. According to the Health Ministry, his work on the causes of the disease and the manufacture of vaccines has saved and continues to save lives around the world.
