Ho Chi Minh City is still wary of the Covid-19 epidemic

Although Covid-19 has turned into a group B infectious disease, Ho Chi Minh City is still vigilant, organizing prevention, treatment and communication.

On November 16, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City said it had submitted a report to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on the implementation of group B Covid-19 epidemic prevention activities in Ho Chi Minh City.

Accordingly, the Department of Health submits to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to direct the heads of departments, branches and People's Committees of districts and Thu Duc City, depending on their functions and tasks, to strengthen the implementation of disease prevention measures. Covid-19 belongs to group B.

Along with that, assign the Department of Health to direct the implementation of measures to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic in accordance with the Government's regulations and instructions from the Ministry of Health. Continue to closely monitor the epidemic situation in the area and region, promptly respond to situations that may arise. Closely coordinate with units to direct, inspect and supervise the organization and implementation of epidemic prevention work in localities.

The health sector well organizes the reception, emergency care, care, and effective treatment of Covid-19 cases, especially for high-risk groups such as pregnant women, people with underlying diseases, and the elderly. appropriate to the disease progression.

Coordinate with the Department of Information and Communications and relevant units to strengthen disease prevention communication to raise awareness and change people's behavior in protecting the health of themselves, their families and the community...

Besides Covid-19, currently the health sector in Ho Chi Minh City and its districts are organizing the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever, pink eye, respiratory disease and monkeypox. It is expected that on November 17, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City will meet with the southern provinces to implement infectious disease prevention work, in order to reduce the load on Ho Chi Minh City's hospitals, especially hand, foot, and mouth disease. respiration is increasing.

On January 23, 2020, Ho Chi Minh City detected the first 2 cases of Covid-19 infection in the country. Since then, Vietnam has had more than 11.62 million infections, ranking 120/231 countries and territories (on average, there are 117,470 infections per 1 million people). The total number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Vietnam to date is 43,206, accounting for 0.4% of the total number of infections.

On October 19, based on the Prime Minister's decision, the Ministry of Health issued Decision No. 3896 on regulating acute respiratory infections caused by new strains of Corona virus (Covid-19) from infectious diseases. group A infectious diseases to group B infectious diseases of the 2007 Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.

* SOURCE: https://thanhnien.vn/tphcm-van-canh-giac-voi-dich-benh-covid-19-185231116164425111.htm