The Ministry of Health recommends 6 measures to prevent monkeypox
In the face of the ‘hot’ situation of monkeypox epidemic in the past few days, the Ministry of Health has sent documents to request localities to strengthen monitoring and prevention of monkeypox disease in Vietnam right from the border gate. and at medical facilities, promptly implement preventive measures to minimize the number of cases and deaths.
Simultaneously, the Ministry of Health also suggested localities to organize communication and raise awareness for people about monkeypox situation and temporary prevention measures.
The Ministry of Health recommends that people avoid contact with people with smallpox. Photo millichronicle
6 ways to prevent monkeypox
– Avoid close contact with people with smallpox, avoid direct contact with wounds, body fluids, droplets and contaminated objects and utensils.
– Wash your hands often with soap and common hand sanitizer.
– Cover your mouth when coughing and sneezing.
– People with symptoms of suspected cases should actively contact medical facilities for timely monitoring and advice.
– People with symptoms of suspected cases should actively self-isolate and avoid sex; People who are confirmed to have the disease must be medically isolated until they are cured of the disease.
– People traveling to countries where monkeypox is endemic should avoid contact with sick mammals such as rodents, marsupials, primates (dead or alive) that may contain the virus monkeypox, do not eat or come into contact with wild animals, do not eat undercooked meat, or eat infected animal products.
Strengthening surveillance for monkeypox
The Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) has also sent an official request to provinces and cities to strengthen surveillance to detect suspected cases at border gates, especially cases returning from countries currently in transit. Monkeypox epidemics: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Congo, Sierra Leone and South Sudan
Health facilities strengthen surveillance to detect suspected, possible cases of monkeypox (as defined by the World Health Organization). When detected, immediately report to the Department of Health to coordinate with the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur to diagnose and confirm the case.
Organize communication, raise awareness for people about monkeypox situation and temporary prevention measures.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), during the recent outbreak of monkey disease, from the first case detected in the UK on May 13, 2022, to May 25, 2022, the world has recorded more than 158 cases, 117 suspected cases in 19 countries and no deaths reported.
The detected cases did not have a history of travel from an endemic area and the countries where the case was reported had no previous endemicity of monkeypox.
Cases have been confirmed to be West African monkeypox virus and have similar characteristics to the monkeypox virus transmitted from Nigeria to several countries in 2018, 2019. WHO forecasts smallpox epidemics. Monkeys will continue to increase the number of cases in the near future.
Monkeypox was first detected in monkeys in 1958, the first human case was recorded in 1970 in the Congo.
The disease can be spread from person to person through close contact, through wounds, bodily fluids, droplets, and through contact with contaminated objects and utensils.
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