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Monday, November 26, 2012

The risk of a new SARS- Vietnam on watch


According to the World Health Organization, there were six cases similar to the SARS epidemic in the Middle East, including one death. Surveillance at airports and seaports. 


Wearing masks in public is one of the measures to prevent the new Corona virus.  Photo: HTD
Wearing masks in public is one of the measures to prevent the new Corona virus. Photo: HTD
26-11, Dr. Nguyen Hoai Nam, Head of Professional Health, Department of Health City, said an official letter sent to all health facilities in the area prompted to strengthen the examination, diagnosis and detection of patients with SARS-like symptoms (new Corona virus) to timely treatment.

New viruses

In addition, the preventive medicine centers prepare manpower, chemicals for processing cases, the environment, if any. International Health Quarantine Center has also implemented measures to control the disease entering Vietnam by air and seaports.
Earlier, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen signed Decision promulgating guide diagnosis and treatment of viral diseases new Corona.

According to the Ministry of Health, Corona virus often causes the pathological expression of the upper respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract in humans and some animals. In humans, this virus causes the common cold. Virus infection through direct contact with respiratory secretions of an infected person. The disease usually occurs in the winter and early spring.
Corona viruses are pathogenic said most SARS-CoV causes SARS (800 deaths in the world in 2002). Pathogenic virus outside the upper respiratory tract, but also lower respiratory and inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
Latest Corona virus is detected (human coronavirus beta 2c-HCoV-EMC) may cause severe respiratory tract infection, together with kidney failure.

No cure
Ministry of Health, said people traveling to endemic areas with Corona virus returned, then the expression of acute respiratory tract infections, fever over 38oC, cough, shortness of breath, lung damage or distress syndrome acute respiratory syndrome accompanied by acute renal failure; not explained by tests of infection or other causes ... are suspected with new Corona viruses, including contact with people who have symptoms.However, the Ministry of Health also noted that it is necessary to distinguish influenza A/H1N1, A/H5N1, atypical pneumonia, sepsis caused renal failure and respiratory failure, hand-foot-mouth disease complicated respiratory failure and renal failure.
The new virus, depending on the level of severity that have different handling. But not cure disease, so mainly treat the symptoms, detection and timely treatment of respiratory failure, renal failure. If after five days of treatment, the fever, pulse, blood pressure, chest X-ray improved renal function returned to normal, you can leave the hospital. However, after returning home, patients should self monitor 12-hour temperature / time, if the temperature is higher than 38oC fever in two consecutive measurements or other unusual signs, must visit at places where it treatment.

Surveillance at airports, ports

Dr.-BS Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of HCMC Tropical Disease Hospital, said up to this point in the BV has not discovered any cases suspected new Corona virus. The control carrier no symptoms from the region are new virus (Middle East) to move to other countries is very difficult, especially in the incubation period after contact with the source of infection.Therefore today Close monitoring of cases of contact with the initial case is extremely important. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with the government of Saudi Arabia, Qatar - countries with virus circulation to track all cases of respiratory manifestations and associated with six cases have determined to timely diagnostic isolation.

In Vietnam, but not detected cases, but under the guidance of the Ministry of Health, hospitals focused watchful for timely case detection and isolation, thorough handling, online community spread. Especially, monitoring airport ca clinical symptoms come from epidemic areas to timely detection and isolation.

To prevent new viral Corona, Ministry of Health recommends that people should wash their hands with soap regularly, wear a mask when you go out, when to crowded places and examination when the e ... Patients with respiratory symptoms deaths have been shrouding in place, the chemical disinfection Chloramin B, Formalin. Corpse to be buried or cremated within 24 hours, it is best cremation. 
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