Two conditions for epidemic announcement
VGP – The Government chief has approved two necessary conditions to report the outbreak or termination of any epidemic.
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According to the PM’s new Decision 64/2010/QĐ-TTg, there are two criteria for announcing the outbreak and end of any epidemic.
Firstly, the number of infected patients excesses the normal estimate made by provincial-level health care agencies.
Secondly, there appears one of the following conditions:
- diseases are spread at a large scale and out of control of provincial-level health care agencies;
- the Health Minister acknowledges changes in disease agents, the risk of high fatality and no measure to effectively constrain the diseases;
- high-fatality diseases with no clear agent nor measure to effectively rein in;
- diseases accompanying natural disasters and calamities.
Under the Decision, the announcement of the termination of any epidemic will be made if no new case is detected in a certain period of time in line with the Government’s regulations and necessary measures are taken to prevent the outbreak./.
By Kim Anh
