Viet Nam’s preparedness for Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV)

To date, Viet Nam has not recorded any case of MERS-CoV, but we are facing the high risk of MERS-CoV entering Viet Nam due to the high volume of travel and trade exchange with South Korea and the Middle East countries. On 03 June 2015, an Official Telegraph number 790/CD-TTg issued by the Prime Minister requested Provincial and City People’s Committee, and related Ministries and agencies to operate MERS-CoV prevention and control activities.

The Ministry of Health, in close collaboration with WHO and related national and international partners, keeps track of MERS-CoV situation and timely informs the dangerousness, causes and methods of disease transmission and prevention measures to community. MES-CoV situation in Korea and other countries has been updated regularly on the website of the General Department of Preventive Medicine at www.vncdc.gov.vn. The suspected cases were quickly informed, isolated and tested for MERS-CoV disease.