Ho Chi Minh City plans to respond to monkeypox disease

The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has just issued a document requesting the HCDC Center for Disease Control to have a scenario to handle when detecting suspected cases of HIV infection. monkey pox.

At the city’s border gates, the HCDC strengthens the surveillance system, monitoring via remote body temperature monitors and observing for symptoms in people on entry, especially people from countries where the epidemic is circulating.

Health stations of wards, communes and townships receive reported cases of suspected monkeypox. At the same time, guide the declarant to medical facilities for examination and timely diagnosis and treatment.

The health sector organizes communication and raises awareness for people about the situation of smallpox when and temporary prevention measures such as: avoiding close contact with people with smallpox, avoiding direct contact with people who have smallpox. wounds, body fluids, droplets and contaminated objects and utensils

According to the guidance of the Ministry of Health, the case definition includes suspected, probable and confirmed cases. In which, the suspected case of monkeypox is a person of all ages, living in a country where monkeypox is not endemic, with an acute rash of unknown cause; have one or more signs and symptoms since March 15, such as headache, fever above 38.5 degrees Celsius, lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), muscle pain, back pain, weakness.

Possible cases are people in the suspected group and have one or more epidemiological factors such as direct contact with sick people; direct skin contact or skin lesions, including sexual intercourse; contact with contaminated items such as clothing, bedding or utensils of a person with suspected or confirmed monkeypox in the 21 days prior to the onset of symptoms, a history of travel to endemic countries monkeypox within 21 days before symptom onset…

Humans are diagnosed with the disease when the Realtime PCR test results are positive for monkeypox virus. Case was excluded as suspected but Realtime PCR test result was negative for monkeypox virus.

All suspected cases must be reported to the City Center for Disease Control.

The health sector recommends that people avoid close contact with people with smallpox, avoid direct contact with wounds, body fluids, droplets and contaminated objects and utensils; Regularly wash your hands with soap and common disinfectant solutions; Cover your mouth when coughing and sneezing;

Persons with symptoms of suspected cases should actively contact medical facilities for timely monitoring and advice; proactively 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, and primates (dead or alive) that may contain smallpox virus. monkeys, should not eat or come into contact with wild animals, eat undercooked meat, or eat infected animal products.

Previously, the Ministry of Health also asked provinces and cities to strengthen surveillance to detect suspected cases from border gates with people returning from 12 countries where monkeypox disease is circulating.

Linh Giao

The reason monkeypox doesn’t cause as much anxiety as Covid-19The World Health Organization (WHO) says the recent outbreak of monkeypox cases can be controlled.