Vietnam: A/H1N1 flu spread quickly in the community

09 Tháng 8 2009

TPHCM implemented all exposed treatment influenza A/H1N1 from 3-5 days.

Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director Department of Department of Health and the Environment - Ministry of Health, says that in 8-8 days, in recognition of 37 more infected with influenza A/H1N1 in the South: 16 CA, Northern : 10 ca, Central: 9 and the Environment: 2 ca. Up to now, recorded in the 1115 influenza A/H1N1 infection, of which 1 deaths. TPHCM in particular, according to city Health Department, the day has recorded 14 more A/H1N1 flu patients, including 12 people from the community.

According to doctor Nguyen Van Chau, Director of the HCMC Health Department, acknowledged the recent shows that people with flu increasing. Particularly, the spread of disease in the community has been more than appears from the border gate.
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At angles of treatment, doctors To Song Diep, Deputy Dean Hospital Tests Patients tropical TPHCM, said most people who have been identified positive with influenza A/H1N1 only treatment to date is the 3rd disease. According to the doctor Phan Van Nghiệm, Store Manager of Health Department of Health TPHCM, through survey research of influenza A/H1N1 in the city showed that 98% patients from within 3-4 days.

Therefore, the city has exposed the common control of influenza A/H1N1 new (3-5 days) for the hospital system on the local TP. Doctors for the city does have the line treatment of influenza A/H1N1. If there are manifestations of influenza A/H1N1 infection, people should be examined at the health facilities nearest to the control, diagnosis, handling, should not pour buckets to test influenza A/H1N1 in the large hospitals .

Like Vietnam, Hanoi has many people pour buckets to test influenza A/H1N1. Nguyen Van Kinh, Director of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical countries, for the hospital are in the overloaded samples tested by the last people to pull this request influenza A/H1N1 tests.

Average daily hospital received 300 to 350 people to examine and test for influenza A/H1N1. Many people see only the manifestations of sneezing, the nose of the flu usually also require the lean influenza A/H1N1 tests. Therefore, physicians in the hospital only test samples for influenza A/H1N1 has the manifestation: fever over 380C, cough, sore throat, nose break, running nose, headache, fatigue, and also have the epidemiology of influenza A/H1N1, such as from the area and return or direct contact with people with influenza A/H1N1.