Korea: Mers-CoV outbreaks have spread in families

If the previous cases were spread in the hospital, South Korea recently recorded the first case that spread in the family.

Translation of Mers has spread outside the hospital in Korea

At the end of the afternoon of June 25, the Ministry of Health held a meeting of the Steering Committee for Mers-CoV disease prevention and control . At the meeting, representatives of the Ministry of Health said, not yet applied medical declarations to passengers from Thailand to Vietnam.

As of June 25, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 1,353 cases of Mers-CoV, 481 deaths, in 27 countries, of which Asia has: Malaysia, Philippines, Korea, China, Thailand. Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates still record new cases.

South Korea recorded the first case of Mers-CoV outside the hospital (Artwork)

In Thailand , on June 18, 2015, the first case of MERS-CoV was recorded as a 75-year-old man from Oman to Thailand to treat cardiovascular disease. Soon after, the Thai Prime Minister made a speech to reassure people to calm down and take the initiative in taking preventive measures.

It is known that every day Thailand has about 5,000 tourists from South Korea, 3000 tourists from the Middle East region and many people come to Thailand for medical treatment; 500 Thai people to travel to Korea / day. Thailand has increased supervision at 65 international border gates. Currently the country has closely monitored 175 people who have contact with patients. No new cases of MERS-CoV have been reported in the country.

In Korea , since recorded the first case on May 20, 2015, on June 25, 2015, 180 cases have been recorded (including a recorded case in China), in There were 29 deaths. South Korea is the first country to record the number of cases in 2015.

In particular, on June 24, 2015, the Ministry of Health and Welfare reported the first case of Mers-CoV outside the hospital. This is the 175th case, which may have been infected when living in the same house as the wife who had been infected and died of Mers earlier (Case 118), who was infected with the 14th human disease in the hospital.

Vietnam has not yet applied a medical declaration to passengers from Thailand

Representatives of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) affirmed that, until now, Vietnam has not recorded any cases of Mers-CoV disease, but the risk of spreading the disease into Vietnam is entirely possible, due to Our country has great trade and tourism exchanges with Korea, Thailand and Middle East countries.

Over the past time, the health sector has tested 65 specimens of people with fever from the epidemic area to Vietnam and those suffering from acute respiratory infections. As a result, all samples were negative for Mers-CoV disease. Currently authorities are monitoring the health of 45,000 people who have entered the country from the epidemic area less than 14 days.

The Department of Preventive Medicine said that although Thailand has recorded Mers-CoV patients but the country is well controlling the disease, our country has not yet applied medical declarations to passengers from Thailand.

However, the representative of the Preventive Medicine Department also emphasized the new development that we should note that in the past, the cluster of Mers-CoV cases in Korea was mainly concentrated in health facilities, but recently , the country has recorded cases of family infections.

Speaking at the conclusion of the meeting, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien asked authorities to continue well implementing the medical declaration at international border gates , have their own software to store information, from there. monitor the health of immigrants from the Mers-CoV endemic area. In addition, health facilities need to closely monitor cases of acute respiratory infections, with unknown causes, especially those with a history of coming from countries with epidemics.

On June 25, the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment (Ministry of Health) organized training to guide the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Mers-CoV infection for more than 300 health workers in 15 provinces and cities. and more than 20 central hospitals and private hospitals in Hanoi city. This is the 3rd training course among 5 training courses organized by the Ministry of Health for hospitals nationwide to improve the knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Mers-CoV infection.