Via the Ministry of Health: The Ministry of Health proposes to strengthen the prevention and control of avian influenza in Phu Tho province - Information on management direction. The Google translation:
Through the infectious disease surveillance system, on October 17, 2022, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology - Ministry of Health recorded 1 patient who tested positive for influenza A(H5), currently living. in Thanh Ba district, Phu Tho province. This is the latest human case of influenza A(H5) in Vietnam since February 2014.
According to information from the Department of Animal Health - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, avian influenza is still recorded in poultry flocks in many localities across the country. Next time is the Lunar New Year and festival season, so the total poultry flock and poultry transport and trade may increase. Besides, the weather is currently in the period of changing seasons and abnormal changes favorable for avian influenza virus to develop. Therefore, there is always a potential risk of transmission of avian influenza to humans.
In order to proactively prevent avian influenza from infecting humans, on October 20, 2022, the Department of Preventive Medicine - Ministry of Health sent Official Letter 1164/DP-DT requesting Comrade Director of Phu Tho Department of Health to only Directing to strengthen the prevention and control of avian influenza in the province with a number of key contents as follows:
1. Organize the investigation and thoroughly handle the outbreak; strengthen surveillance to detect new outbreaks in humans; hospitals are ready to collect, isolate and treat according to regulations of the Ministry of Health and promptly notify the provincial Center for Disease Control for timely epidemic prevention and control measures.
2. Work closely with veterinary authorities and local authorities in monitoring and detecting influenza outbreaks in poultry, promptly sharing information and thoroughly handling outbreaks.
3. Strengthen communication of measures to prevent avian influenza from spreading to humans in areas with sick and dead poultry and high-risk areas.
4. Prepare drugs, supplies, chemicals and means of timely support for the locality to implement measures to handle the outbreak.
5. To coordinate in the prevention and control of diseases transmitted from animals to humans in accordance with the provisions of the Joint Circular No. 16/2013/TTLT-BYT-BNN&PTNT dated May 27, 2013 of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Report on infectious diseases according to the Circular No. 54/2015/TT-BYT dated December 28, 2015 of the Minister of Health on the Department of Preventive Medicine.
