On February 7, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health issued an urgent document on strengthening the prevention and control of seasonal influenza. According to the report of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) and specialized pediatric and infectious hospitals, the city has not yet found any abnormalities in the work of receiving and treating influenza patients.
At present, favorable weather for pathogens through the respiratory tract is spreading. The city's health sector proactively deploys measures to prevent and control influenza, preventing confusion and anxiety. However, people are not subjective and negligent in the face of the disease's developments.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health recommends that local medical facilities advise people to come for examination, treatment, and contact work to strictly wear masks on the premises of medical facilities. Units strictly implement the process of reporting emergency epidemic situations, strengthening the prevention and control of avian influenza transmission to people.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health requested HCDC to preside over and coordinate with medical examination and treatment facilities and medical centers of districts, towns and Thu Duc City to monitor cases of influenza, suspected of severe pneumonia due to the virus (SVP) in the city in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health.
At the same time, strengthen information and communication activities and messages so that people can proactively implement effective disease prevention measures.
Request non-public medical examination and treatment facilities in the area to report cases or suspected viral or influenza pneumonia to medical stations, district and Thu Duc City for timely implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health also informed that according to the Ministry of Health, the event-based monitoring system in Vietnam recorded information about the outbreak of seasonal flu in Japan, data released (January 31, 2025) by the National Institute of Transfusion of Japan, from September 2, 2024 to January 26, 2025, Japan recorded about 9.5 million cases of seasonal flu. Of which, the last week of 2024 (December 23 - 29, 2024) recorded more than 317,000 cases.
In Vietnam, the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases currently treats 8 patients with influenza. One of the 8 patients is having to book ECMO.
