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H1N1 suspects fear infection while quarantined

July 16, 2009
H1N1 suspects fear infection while quarantined

LookAtVietnam – HCM City residents are worried that being suspected of having the H1N1 virus will necessarily mean they will catch the flu as suspects are quarantined together.  LookAtVietnam – Ho Chi Minh City residents are worried that being suspected of having the H1N1 virus will necessarily mean they will catch the flu as suspects [...]

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H1N1 suspects fear infection while quarantined

July 15, 2009
H1N1 suspects fear infection while quarantined

Ho Chi Minh City residents are worried that being suspected of having the H1N1 virus will necessarily mean they will catch the flu as suspects are quarantined together. For more than two months since the first influenza A case was detected in Vietnam, the body temperatures of passengers arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport [...]

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H1N1 flu poses no small obstacle for health officials, citizens

June 29, 2009
H1N1 flu poses no small obstacle for health officials, citizens

People wait for arrivals at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCMC Two overseas Vietnamese threatened to sue the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department last week if they lost their jobs in the US after being quarantined for H1N1 flu suspicions prior to their return flight. However, they called later to thank the department for [...]

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Fifteenth A/H1N1 case confirmed, more individuals with fevers

June 9, 2009
Fifteenth A/H1N1 case confirmed, more individuals with fevers

The HCM City Department of Health on June 8 confirmed a new case of A/H1N1, bringing the total number of Vietnamese individuals infected with the super-flu to 15. The number of people found with high body temperatures has also been daily increasing. Health workers protect themselves before visiting A/H1N1 patients HCM City Health Department Director Nguyen [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/5

May 9, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/5

Heavy rains cause damage in central region; Pagodas honour Buddha’s birthday with charity; Phan Thiet to get new railway station; Taxi driver caught using remote control to up fares; Eleven divers in danger after ship wrecked by waves; Two detained for making and selling fake drugs 100th birth anniversary of late Minister of Health Pham [...]

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Poor TB control puts everyone at risk: conference

March 26, 2009
Poor TB control puts everyone at risk: conference

A nurse tends to a TB patient at a tuberculosis and lung diseases hospital in Vietnam. Tuberculosis will continue to spread if the public and private health sectors in Ho Chi Minh City do not lift their game. There are more than 22,000 cases of tuberculosis or other infectious lung ailments in the city, yet [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...