Ho Chi Minh city strictly inspects area reporting Zika virus infection

The two newly-detected cases of Zika virus infections are women, one pregnant, 27 from Thuan An commune in Binh Duong province; and the other, 28, in Ho Chi Minh city. Neither of them has gone to the other places for tourism and both live in areas not having reported Zika virus infections.

After the detection, the Ho Chi Minh city Preventive Health Centre worked with the Preventive Health Centres of nine districts to conduct epidemic surveys and spray chemicals to destroy mosquitoes in the patient’s house and the surrounding areas in line with MoH instructions.

The city Preventive Health Centre has also warned residents to work with medical workers to kill mosquitoes and larva to prevent the spread of the disease.

At present, inspections are being carried out across 30 hospitals to promptly detect any suspected cases of Zika virus infections.

According to Nguyen Huu Hung, Vice Director of the Ho Chi Minh city Health Department, the city Health Department is working with relevant agencies to increase the dissemination of information about the disease, especially in areas for medical check-ups and for pregnant woman. “Another chemical spraying for sanitation will be carried out in seven days,” he said./.