The Da Nang municipal Health Department has instructed more educational campaigns on the diseases and more training for health workers at grassroots level to promptly detect any infection in residential areas. 

It also approved a proposal to upgrade Da Nang Maternity and Children Hospital’s tropical disease department to serve the treatment of bird flu patients when necessary. In the near future, the department will enhance supervision at airports and seaports. 

Pham Hung Chien, Director of the municipal Health Department pledged to mobilise all material and human resources to prevent and fight the dangerous diseases. 

Meanwhile, the Binh Dinh provincial health sector also asked relevant agencies to keep an eye on the situation, and promptly detect those infected with H5N1 and H7N9 viruses for timely treatment. 

All people are urged to visit the nearest medical station when they show symptoms of high temperatures, cough, eye sore and breathing difficulty. 

The provincial veterinary facilities are also instructed to monitor situation in localities, inoculate poultry with vaccine, and assign more forces to clamp down on the transport and slaughtering of poultry whose origin are ambiguous.

Vietnamnet