This is part of the municipal people’s committee’s instructions to local districts for Marburg prevention. According to the Ministry of Health, Marburg is a highly dangerous disease with fatality rates of up to 80 percent.
The disease is transmitted from animals to humans, or from person to person through direct bodily fluids, or with environments/objects contaminated by the bodily fluids of a person infected or deceased from the Marburg virus.
Passengers at Tan Son Nhat Intertional Airport
Patients initially show signs of fever, headaches, and discomfort, followed by diarrhoea, abdominal pains, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and bleeding. There is currently no specific vaccine or treatment for the disease.
Districts in HCM City have been urged to closely monitor people suspected of contracting the disease and quarantine time.
The city’s Department of Health needs to build scenarios to respond to the disease.
In the case of detecting people with Marburg-like symptoms, medical facilities need to conduct an epidemic investigation to prevent the Marburg infection.
HCM City is currently also struggling with the dengue fever outbreak. In the first two months of this year, the city’s dengue fever patients increased by 2-3 fold on-year. Last year, HCM City recorded 81,818 dengue fever cases, among the country’s total of 360,000 infections.
