Health authority in HCMC announces 10 outstanding activities in 2022
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health yesterday announced the sector’s 10 outstanding activities in 2022.
New policies on Covid-19 fight needed: PM
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 6 suggested adopting new mechanisms and policies on Covid-19 prevention and control, which, he said, should match the new situation.
HCMC Vice Chairman reports shortage of vaccines
Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc today said that the city has been bumped into the difficulty in the supply of vaccines, which is in serious shortage.
HCMC to ensure sufficient commodities supply at year end
The merchandise amount to stabilize the Ho Chi Minh City market during the month of Quy Mao Tet holiday 2023 is estimated to satisfy 25-43 percent of the community’s demands. This is the information delivered by Deputy Director of the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade Le Huynh Minh in yesterday’s October summary meeting for socio-economic-medical tasks in the city.
Health watchdog urges to quarantine monkeypox suspected case in Dak Lak
Health watchdog urged the health sector in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak to quarantine the monkeypox suspected case to curb the spread to local medical workers while waiting for test results.
Gas stations run out of fuel due to lack of storage tanks
From the beginning of October to the present, around 9-10 percent of 550 gas stations in the city are facing petroleum supply disruption due to temporary fuel shortages. The reason is that small petrol stations have not got enough storage tanks and depend on suppliers suspended from importing fuel in time.
Ho Chi Minh City ensures enough fuel for residents
Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade Le Huynh Minh Tu said that the Department and businesses in the field strive to ensure the supply of gasoline despite difficulties.
Ho Chi Minh City records one more monkeypox case
Ho Chi Minh City health sector today announced to detect one more case of monkeypox. The patient was immediately taken to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases for isolation, diagnosis and treatment by a medical quarantine officer as soon as the patient got off the plane.
Monkeypox put under control in Vietnam
The first patient with monkeypox in Vietnam has tested negative to the virus, while people with close contacts with her have shown no suspected symptoms so far.
Ministry sets up inspection teams after detecting first monkeypox case in HCMC
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
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.
Health Ministry recommends measures to prevent monkeypox
The Ministry of Health has recommended people to follow six measures to protect themselves from monkeypox, as Vietnam announced the first case of the disease on October 3.
MoH takes action after first monkeypox case recorded in Vietnam
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
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.
Hospitals operate permanently for emergency cases during National Day holiday
Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong yesterday said that in order to ensure medical examination and treatment, standing missions and diseases control during the National Day holiday, the department required the hospitals to strengthen coordination with the 115 Emergency Center to carry patients in urgent cases, especially severe Covid-19 infectious ones.
Health Ministry requires hospitals to have isolation areas for monkeypox
Under the Ministry of Health's guidance, hospitals were instructed to carry out screening for people with or suspected of having monkeypox in the community or medical facilities. Hospitals need to put up signs at the entrance of medical facilities so that patients can immediately identify the direction to the screening area which should be located in the medical examination and emergency units.
Health Ministry issues monkeypox monitoring guidance
The Ministry of Health on August 22 issued temporary guidelines for monitoring and preventing monkeypox amid complicated developments of the disease.
Vaccination must be top priority as many diseases develop complicatedly
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, on August 14, said that the city had recorded 17 deaths from dengue fever. The number of new cases recorded daily is still around 500-600 cases, a high level compared to the same period in previous years.
Ministry proposes keeping Covid-19 in Group A of infectious diseases
The Ministry of Health has proposed continuing to keep Covid- 19 in Group A of infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on Covid- 19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.
Pharma companies told to proactively develop monkeypox medication
Facing complex developments of the monkeypox outbreak in the world, the Health Ministry’s Drug Administration has asked pharmaceutical and material producers to increase the import of and proactively develop monkeypox medication.