VOV.VN - The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has just delivered the first batch of 500,000 doses of 5-in-1 DPT-HBV-Hib vaccine to Pasteur Institutes across the country to address vaccine shortages for the National Expanded Programme on Immunization.
Vietnam is at elevated risks from infectious diseases, given its location in the hot and humid tropical monsoon region as well as the increasing rate of trade and travel.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has documented a total of 135 cases of monkeypox, including six deaths, since September 2023, reported the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health advises health inspection centres to stay updated on global infectious disease information, ensuring effective monitoring and prevention measures at border checkpoints.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received in Hanoi on November 14 French virologist Prof. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi during which he asked France in general, the Paris-based Pasteur Institute and the Professor, to encourage scientists to continue conducting research, especially those on emerging infectious diseases in Vietnam.
VOV.VN - The country has recorded a total of 56 cases of monkeypox as of October 31, including two imported cases from 2022, said the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health on November 9.
VOV.VN - The increasing number of cases involving animal attacks has resulted in a rise in rabies vaccinations at both hospitals and immunization centres nationwide.
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced on October 23 that 18 out of 20 monkeypox cases who are receiving treatment in the southern city’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases have had infectious syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam has decided to cut short the average incubation period and the time when no additional cases of infectious diseases are detected as a basis for declaring an end to infectious diseases, including COVID-19 in Vietnam.
VOV.VN - The Health Department of the Mekong Delta province of Long An announced on October 11 that the southern locality had detected its first case of monkeypox.