(VOV) – To cope with the tragic Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has directed border gates and airports to strictly monitor travellers, especially those coming from infected areas for any symptoms of the disease.
Ebola – passed on through contact with blood or bodily fluids of the infected, has no cure and a fatality rate of up to 90 percent, according to the MoH.
The MoH has also beefed up supervision over the community and medical stations in an effort to timely detect infected cases, if any, and to insure infected people are isolated and samples are collected for appropriate testing.
Symptoms to be on the alert for include fever, weakness, muscular pain, headaches and sore throat.
Nigeria declared the first infected case of Ebola virus on July 29 in a traveller en route by air from Togo and Ghaha to Lagos, Nigeria. Nations including Ghana, Nigeria and Togo have co-ordinated closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to implement plans to cope with the dire consequences of the epidemic.
Đăng ký: VietNam News