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Can Tho: Strengthening supervision of Marburg disease prevention and control

Posted on 29 Month 03 2023

- Can Tho City People's Committee has just issued an official dispatch assigning the Department of Health to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with relevant units to urgently implement the direction of the Ministry of Health on strengthening supervision of Marburg disease prevention and control in the area. City.

According to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health, Marburg is a particularly dangerous acute infectious disease, with high transmissibility and mortality rate (50%, possibly up to 88%) caused by Marburg virus; The natural reservoir is the fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). The disease is classified in group A in the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases of our country.

According to the Ministry of Health, Marburg is a particularly dangerous acute infectious disease, with high transmissibility and mortality; The natural reservoir is the fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). There is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for the disease. Illustration: Internet source.

The routes of infection of Marburg disease include: From animals (bats, primates) to humans; person-to-person through direct contact with blood, body secretions (urine, sweat, saliva, vomit, breast milk, semen...) or with environment/objects contaminated by fluids secretions of people infected/died with Marburg virus. The incubation period is from 2-21 days; onset with symptoms of high fever, headache, malaise, then may appear diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramps, nausea, vomiting, bleeding. There is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for the disease.

In order to proactively prevent and control the Marburg epidemic from spreading in the area, the City People's Committee assigned the Director of the Department of Health to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant units in, strengthening close supervision of people entering the country, in the community and in the community. medical facilities for early detection of suspected cases for epidemiological investigation; Special attention should be paid to those entering from countries with epidemics in the African region within 21 days. At the same time, coordinate with the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology/Pasteur to take samples for diagnostic testing; case management (if any) and prevent the disease from spreading to the community.

Fully implement personal protective measures for healthcare workers and people in contact with suspected/infected cases, to prevent infection of health workers as well as spread in the community. Actively develop a response plan according to situations, to be ready to respond in case of epidemics occurring locally, not to be passive; ready drugs, equipment, human resources and funds to implement measures to collect, treat, and prevent epidemics...

* SOURCE: LEGAL REPORT https://baophapluat.vn/can-tho-tang-cuong-giam-sat-phong-chong-dich-benh-marburg-post470235.html

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