(VOVworld) – The Ministry of Health held a teleconference with its departments in 63 provinces on the surveillance and treatment of the Mers-Cov disease if it spreads to Vietnam. The Ministry of Health has asked the local authorities and health departments to actively identify Mers-CoV infected people to prevent it from spreading to the community.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien addresses the teleconference (photo: vietnamnet.vn)

Suspected and infected people should be immediately quarantined and health workers must apply the necessary preventive measures. Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said Mers-CoV could spread to Vietnam via people returning from epidemic areas.
Vietnam has reported no Mers-CoV cases, but complicated developments in the epidemic in the Republic of Korea has prompted Vietnam to be vigilant.