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Countries ramp up efforts against new coronavirus

Many countries are stepping up measures to prevent the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that have infected over 400 people, mostly in China.

Health sector must be on guard

Associate Professor Tran Dac Phu, director general of the Department of Preventive Medicine, under the Ministry of health speaks to Viet Nam News Agency about his department’s readiness to cope with disease outbreaks.

Schools told to watch for diseases

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many contagious diseases can appear and spread out on a large scale in the coming school year, such as dengue fever, hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease, flu and newly emerging catastrophic diseases like MERS-CoV and Ebola,

Health Ministry issues plan against MERS-CoV

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on June 6 issued an action plan against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in an effort to promptly detect and treat infected cases and to prevent an outbreak of the disease in Vietnam.

Health declaration required for passengers from RoK at Hanoi airport

All passengers from the Korea are required to fill out health declaration forms when entering Vietnam via Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport as from June 3 as a precaution after the RoK has reported several cases of the deadly MERS-CoV.

Vietnamese nationality registration rescinded

Amendments to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality approved on June 24 abolished the requirement that expatriates residing abroad register to retain their Vietnamese nationality.

MERS-CoV likely to enter Vietnam

 The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is likely to penetrate into Vietnam, according to a warning issued by the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s Preventive Health Department.

No MERS-CoV, H7N9 cases reported so far in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – No cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and avian influenza H7N9 have been reported so far in Vietnam, a health official has said.