Vietnam: Tests sponsored by WHO, supply of only 1 more week

Friday, 07 August 2009

At the meeting BCD countries in preventing influenza and influenza A/H1N1 recently, according to Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director Department of Department of Health and the environment in Vietnam and has spread 26 provinces and cities and 4 provinces to have the disease of the large chùm (Hanoi, HCMC, Dong Nai, Khanh Hoa).

Hanoi own continuity patients appear influenza A/H1N1 in schools and residential area on 5 / 8. At the epidemiological hygiene Central (VSDTTU) are in the process of evaluation of the disease. According to the evaluation by experts, this is the beginning of the season on.

Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of hygiene and from that beginning of season and to date, Vietnam is using the resources of test and tested by WHO and other sponsoring organizations. Up to now, exhausted and can only enough for 1 more week. Status Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang, Vietnam is also similar. Recently, WHO has also provided 500 additional samples of diagnostic products (testkit) with accuracy to 98.9%, the result after 15 minutes for the test. However, with the number of influenza A/H1N1 BN increases as the current number of samples and this is only enough to use 9 months.

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