In recent days, due to the influence of tropical depression, many localities in Lam Dong province have had heavy and very heavy rain.
To proactively respond to natural disasters, storms and floods and prevent epidemics, on July 15, the Provincial Department of Health requested units to review and assess epidemic risks in areas most likely to be affected by the pandemic. natural disasters, especially in areas subject to flooding, flash floods, and landslides .
In addition, units are ready and proactive in implementing disease prevention plans when situations arise.
Strengthen and permanently maintain mobile anti-epidemic teams to support lower levels in monitoring and handling epidemics and infectious diseases circulating in conditions of rain, floods, floods, and landslides .
Organize and implement disease prevention measures, environmental sanitation, management of patients with chronic diseases, ensuring clean water and medical waste management during storm and flood seasons.
Organize surveillance, timely detect and thoroughly handle infectious disease outbreaks that occur before, during and after floods, flash floods, inundations, and landslides such as diarrhea, pink eye, and respiratory infections. respiratory tract infections, athlete's foot, influenza, especially dengue fever and diseases transmitted through the gastrointestinal tract such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid...
The Provincial Department of Health also requires ensuring human resources, drugs, chemicals, equipment and facilities to serve the prevention of infectious diseases in localities in areas affected by rain and floods. sweeping, flooding, landslides .
