According to the news released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health on the afternoon of October 3, this morning, the Ministry of Health has received a report from Ho Chi Minh City about the city's detection of monkeypox , which is the first case of monkeypox in Vietnam.
genome sequencing results of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Bureau showed that the patient was infected with the monkeypox virus clade IIb (a mutant strain derived from West African ).
The patient is a 35-year-old woman with a address in Ho Chi Minh City; she became ill on September 18, 2022 (from July 2022 to September 22, 2022), with fever, fatigue, chills, muscle aches, headache and cough and rashes.
After returning to Vietnam, on September 23, 2022, the patient visited Dashuihuo Hospital. The doctor suspected that he had an infectious disease and then transferred him to the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital.
Here, the doctor examined and suspected the patient had monkeypox disease and was isolated and sampled for testing.
On September 25, 2022, the preliminary test results showed that the patient was diagnosed with monkeypox virus. The patient continued to go to Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Disease Hospital for isolation treatment and sampling and genetic sequencing.
After receiving the relevant information, the Ministry of Health has recommended that Ho Chi Minh City instruct relevant departments to continue to take preventive measures, speed up sequencing, continue to conduct epidemiological investigations on patients, and isolate and treat them in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, and disinfect and deal with them.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health recommends that all provinces and cities continue to increase their efforts to prevent the monkeypox epidemic.
At present, the patient's health is stable and he does not have a fever. He continues to undergo isolation treatment at the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Disease Hospital.
The Ministry of Health judged that this is an imported case. The health department has observed close contacts of patients and no suspected cases have been found.
According to Pan Zhonglin, director of the Prevention and Health of the Ministry of Health, close contacts (family members and medical staff) of monkey bean cases are monitored and supervised. As of now, these people have shown no signs of being infected with monkey pox for more than 10 days and will be quarantined for 21 days.
In order to actively prevent and control the monkeypox epidemic, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health recommends that the public take the following preventive measures:
1. When coughing or sneezing, you need to use a tissue or handkerchief to cover your mouth and nose "or "cover your mouth and nose with the bend of your elbow to prevent splashing. After coughing or sneezing, wash your hands in time or use disposable disinfectant to disinfect your hands. Do not spit anywhere in public places.
2. Wash your hands frequently with soap or hand sanitizer.
3. People with unknown acute rash symptoms and one or more suspicious symptoms should actively contact the medical institution for consultation and reporting. At the same time, we must actively self-isolate and avoid sexual behavior.
4. Avoid close contact with monkeypox patients and avoid direct contact with wounds, body fluids, droplets and virus-contaminated items. If there is an infected person or suspected patient at the place of residence or work, the medical institution should be notified in a timely manner for consultation and treatment and do not treat it on your own.
5. People traveling to countries where monkeypox is prevalent (-China-Africa-Hidden or Live) should avoid contact with mammals (dead or alive), including rodents, marsupials and primates containing monkeypox virus. When returning to Vietnam, it is necessary to take the initiative to report to the local health department and seek consultation.
6. Ensure food safety; implement a healthy lifestyle, increase physical exercise, and enhance physical fitness.
As of the afternoon of October 3, a total of 68,265 confirmed cases of monkeypox and 25 deaths were found worldwide. The range of confirmed cases spreads in 106 countries including: Australia (136 cases), Singapore (19 cases), China (5 cases), New Zealand (5 cases), Japan (4 cases), Philippines (4 cases), South Korea (2 cases), Guam (1 case) and New Caledonia (1 case).
At present, the WHO global risk assessment for monkeypox is still moderate. The WHO only evaluates the risks in Europe and America as high risk, and the risk level in the Western Pacific (including Vietnam) region is assessed as low and moderate.
