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After infecting hundreds of students from 20 schools in HCM City, the A/H1N1 influenza has spread to two other schools, the Marie Curie High School in District 3 and Luong The Vinh High School in District 1 on August 27. In Hanoi, 12 schools have reported swine flu. According to the HCM City Department of [...]
Nearly 500 youth union members in Hanoi registered to donate blood to mark Voluntary Blood Donation Day on April 7. The Ministry of Health has drawn up a draft strategy for blood donation in the 2009-15 period and is collecting public opinion about it, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tri, director of the Institute of Hematology and [...]
The newly infected patients raise the total number of H1N1 flu cases in the country to 1,847 and two deaths, as of 5pm August 21. The Highland province of Gia Lai confirmed two more residents contracted the flu. They are an employee of Co.op Mart supermarket in Pleiku City and a pupil of Chu Van [...]
The municipal Department of Health will carry out inspections of all pharmacies to check the pricing and quality of the and-viral drug Tamiflu next week, according to officials. The Ministry of Health said more than 20 additional A/H1N1 flu cases were reported on August 10, lifting the nation’s total to 1,178, with one fatality. (Photo: VNN) Pham [...]
The US’ Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold two week-long seminars for Vietnamese meat inspectors next month, Michael Riedel, Agricultural Attache at the American consulate in HCM City, told a conference last week. The USDA’s main task is to expand and maintain overseas markets for US agricultural exports. One would be held in [...]
Anyone having physical contact with influenza A (H1N1) patients must be closely monitored afterward, whether or not they have symptoms, the Ho Chi Minh City health authority told a press briefing Friday. Children wear protective masks at a kindergarten in Hanoi Friday The meeting was called amid rising number of flu patients throughout the country. [...]
Vietnamese health authorities on August 6 confirmed 39 new cases of A/H1N1 influenza and warned the public not to buy Tamiflu anti-viral medication without a doctor’s prescription. According to the Department of Preventive Health and Environment, of the new cases, 20 were reported in the southern provinces, 8 in the north, five in the central [...]
The Health Ministry of Vietnam announced 68 new cases of A/H1N1 on August 2, the highest number so far for a single day, raising the total figure to nearly 1000. An A/H1N1 patient in Hanoi. Of the 68 new patients, 57 live in the south, 2 in the north, six in the central region, and [...]
Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu (first from the left) visits an A/H1N1 patient in Hanoi. Three teachers and 19 students at Ngo Thoi Nhiem private high school in District 9, HCM City were diagnosed with the A/H1N1 flu on July 19. This is the largest outbreak of swine flu in a single location in Vietnam, [...]
The Ministry of Health yesterday, July 16 reported 18 new A/H1N1 flu cases, 14 of which were in Xuan Hiep commune, Xuan Hoa district, Dong Nai province. As of yesterday, the ministry confirmed a total 338 positive cases of the superflu, but no fatalities. All 14 patients had contact with an A/H1N1 flu patient that [...]