Vietnam closely monitors China’s pneumonia outbreak

Wednesday, 15/01/2020 18:01
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health continuously issued warning against China’s pneumonia outbreak asking local authorities to keep an eye on the disease in early days of 2020.

A remote body temperature scanner placed at Tan Son Nhat international airport. (Photo: baotintuc.vn)

The warning was issued after hospitals in Wuhan city of Hubei province had admitted 59 people with an unidentified form of pneumonia, including one fatality, as of January 10th.

41 patients were tested and positive for the new coronavirus.

One of Wuhan’s largest meat and seafood markets was pinpointed as the center of the outbreak and was shut down. The man who died was a customer there.

According to Mr. Dang Quang Tan, Deputy Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, from 2014, the Ministry has maintained supervision over fatal emerging contagious diseases such as MERS-CoV, Ebola, SARS, and flu A/H7N9.

He said that so far, no case of fatal emerging contagious diseases has been recorded in the country.

The official warned travel is a potent force in the emergence of disease. Migration of humans has been the pathway for disseminating infectious diseases throughout recorded history and will continue to shape the emergence, frequency, and spread of infections in geographic areas and populations.

Accordingly, the health sector in northern bordering provinces including Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao bang and Lao Cai has enhanced supervision and screenings of arrivals at border gates and airport.

Five remote body temperature scanners have been installed to monitor tourists in the International Airport, and a separate counter has been set up for those arriving from Wuhan.

Apart from that, a mobile team will work relentlessly to check with suspected passengers. Local medical clinics in districts in Hanoi have been requested to closely check all people with acute pneumonia.

The health sector in Ho Chi Minh city is also ready to monitor passengers in Tan Son Nhat airport, Tan Thuan, Cat Lai, Khanh Hoi ports.

Ho Chi Minh city welcomes five-star modern cruise ship

Quantum of the Seas, the most technologically advanced five-star cruise ship in the world, with 6,750 passengers and crewmembers on board, docked at Phu My port of the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.

Passengers of the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship (Photo: VNA)

During the day, passengers are taken on a city tour of Ho Chi Minh city, and short trips to Cu Chi tunnel, and Ba Ria - Vung Tau province hosted by Saigontourist travel company.

According to Saigontourist, in the first two weeks of 2020, it welcomed 16,500 tourists and crewmembers of international cruise ships.

Painting exhibition about Rat held in Da Nang

The Da Nang city Fine Arts Museum opened an exhibition named “Colour of Spring in the Year of the Rat” as an event the celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1930-2020).

Visitors at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)

At the exhibition, nearly 100 paintings featuring springtime and the rat - the zodiac animal of the year 2020 are displayed.

The Zodiacal Rat is the first in the repeating 12-year cycle of animals in Asian culture. It symbolises agility, intelligence, prosperity, happiness and luck.

The paintings were created by painters and children in the city using assorted materials and styles, featuring the proliferation of nature and the happiness of people when spring comes.

The exhibition aims to create a fresh atmosphere for people as Tet (Lunar New Year) draws near, while also bringing the arts closer to the public./.

Compiled by BTA

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