The Ministry of Health requires urgent prevention of diphtheria epidemic

On the afternoon of July 8, the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) sent an urgent dispatch to the health departments of provinces: Nghe An, Bac Giang and the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on strengthening the prevention and control of diphtheria epidemic. , after recording 1 death and 1 infection due to close contact.

Accordingly, to prevent diphtheria and prevent the diphtheria epidemic from spreading, the Ministry of Health requests the health departments of the two localities above to strengthen the review of cases of close contact with cases of diphtheria. pharynx; Monitoring and early detection of suspected cases at outbreaks and in the community; Take samples for testing to promptly identify cases of disease; Implement measures to thoroughly handle the outbreak, organize investigations and provide prophylactic antibiotic treatment for all cases of close contact according to instructions from the Ministry of Health.

At the same time, localities ensure admission, emergency care, examination and treatment of patients; Set up separate areas for examination, isolation, treatment, and emergency treatment of patients, minimizing deaths; Strictly implement infection control and prevent cross-infection at medical examination and treatment facilities, limit the transfer of patients to higher level hospitals when not necessary; Review and make statistics on subjects who have not been vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated against diphtheria in all communes and wards and organize additional vaccination and vaccination, especially in areas where diphtheria is endemic. and has low vaccination rates.

The Ministry of Health also requested the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to closely monitor the diphtheria epidemic situation and direct, guide and support localities in implementing disease prevention measures.

Previously, on the morning of July 8, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of Nghe An province announced that an 18-year-old patient died from diphtheria, Ms. Ky Son).

The PTC patient started getting sick on June 24 with symptoms of fever, cough, sore throat. He self-medicated but did not get better. After that, the patient was taken to Ky Son District Medical Center, then transferred to Nghe An General Friendship Hospital for treatment, but due to malignant diphtheria infection, complications of myocarditis, and multiple organ failure, the patient died. died on the morning of July 5.

Through epidemiological investigation, authorities of Nghe An province determined that 119 people had contact with the patient from the onset of the disease to the time of death.

Meanwhile, CDC of Bac Giang province has identified the first case of diphtheria in this locality, Ms. MTB (18 years old, in Trung Tam village, Hop Thinh commune, Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province; permanent resident in the district). Ky Son, Nghe An province).

Ms. MTB is one of the close contacts of the above-mentioned death from diphtheria in Ky Son district, Nghe An. Currently, Ms. MTB has been taken to the Central Tropical Diseases Hospital by Hiep Hoa District Medical Center in coordination with Bac Giang Provincial General Hospital for treatment, because there is no longer antitoxin serum in Bac Giang province. diphtheria.

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