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Ministry sets up inspection teams after detecting first monkeypox case in HCMC

Friday, October 07, 2022 09:59

According to Dr. Nguyen Luong Tam, Deputy Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, after detecting the first case of monkeypox in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health decided to set up six inspection teams in six localities.

Vietnam’s first monkeypox patient completely cured

Tuesday, October 04, 2022 21:27

Amid the growing concerns over monkeypox, a Vietnamese woman who was Vietnam's first patient infected with the virus, has recovered from the disease. The 35-year old was being treated at Ho Chi Minh City-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

MoH takes action after first monkeypox case recorded in Vietnam

Monday, October 03, 2022 20:48

The Ministry of Health (MoH), on the afternoon of October 3, announced the first case of monkeypox in Vietnam recorded in Ho Chi Minh City.

HCMC records first case of monkeypox

Monday, October 03, 2022 11:35

This morning, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Associate Professor Tang Chi Thuong said that the city health sector has recorded the first case of monkeypox.

Border gates are sked to be strictly controlled to prevent monkeypox outbreak.

Border gates asked to be strictly controlled to prevent monkeypox outbreak

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 21:31

The Ministry of Health asked the Peoples’ Committee of provinces and cities to delegate the health departments and relevant units to impose strict inspections on arrivals at border gates to identify suspected cases of monkeypox.

Hands of a patient with monkeypox in 1997 (Source: straitstimes.com)

Singapore detects first case of rare monkeypox

Saturday, May 11, 2019 08:06

Singaporean Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 9 that it has detected the first case of monkeypox, with the patient identified as a 38-year-old Nigerian who arrived in Singapore in late last month.

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