Sunday, July 19, 2009

Vietnam: Isolated schools in influenza A/H1N1

Updated: Today at 10:56 GMT-6

Pm 19 / 7, Department of Health has decided TPHCM isolation 160 students, teachers in secondary schools The Times Ngo, Q.9, up to the "hospital war", after an additional 9 students in this field bring symptoms of influenza A/H1N1.

19 / 7, 9 students stay in school sales have manifests as high fever, cough. All students have been transferred to BV Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh City to continue monitoring.

Previously, a student of the school infected by influenza A/H1N1 from an overseas Vietnamese family in Dong Nai. Then, flu has spread to 19 students and 3 teachers in schools.

19 / 7, leading representatives of Health, the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City Departments, hospitals Q.9, Germany ... The decision has created high schools Ngo The Times to "the hospital" to isolation , g filter floor, treatment for flu students.

Presently, 160 students, teachers are in isolation. Will include staff physicians, medical staff treating the patients. Department also requires high schools Ngô Thời The list 750 students remaining in school is sold to residential surveillance isolation in their families.

Health departments will lose water for swimming pools, micro-organism kill school and surrounding schools within 7-15 days.

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