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More
prosecuted for public order disruption at Dong Nai IZs
The People’s
Procuracy in Nhon Trach and Trang Bom district and Bien Hoa city, in southern
Dong Nai province, approved the decision to prosecute two additional public
disorder cases on May 20, with an additional 39 defendants prosecuted and
temporarily detained.
Specifically, Bien
Hoa and Trang Bom police prosecuted 36 defendants on public disorder charges,
while Nhon Trach police prosecuted two cases with three defendants on charges
of property robbery.
On the same day,
Nhon Trach district police arrested three offenders, namely Nguyen Van Do,
Nguyen Thanh Binh and Vo Quoc Thanh, all living in Trang Bom district, on
charges of disturbing public order at Trang Bom’s Ho Nai industrial zone on
May 14.
As of May 20, the
Dong Nai provincial police had been holding 416 people and prosecuted a total
of 18 criminal cases, with 76 defendants prosecuted and temporarily detained
for a three-month period.
Donations
pour in for soldiers on islands
A major campaign to
raise donations for soldiers stationed on islands through cellphone text
messages was inaugurated at Chu Van An Senior High School in
Nguyen MInh Tuan,
Sai Gon Peninsula Corporation's director gives VND500 million to SGGP's
Editor-in-Chief Nguyen Tan Phong (Photo: SGGP)
People can donate
VND18,000 ($0.84) by texting the letters BD to 1409.
The Vietnam Red
Cross, the Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam Television
Corporation, and some other agencies are organizing the campaign, which will
go on until July 18.
Deputy Minister
of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang called on organizations
and individuals within and outside the country to support the campaign.
The money raised
will be used to buy desalination equipment, communications equipment, and
saplings for soldiers and others in Truong Sa and Hoang Sa Archipelagos and
specialized equipment for the Coast Guard and fisheries surveillance force.
At the opening
ceremony Vietnam Red Cross and the Vietnam Television Corporation gave over
VND1.3 billion (US$ 61,5) to soldiers and residents in Truong Sa Island which
is from the texting campaign.
People can donate
in cash or kind to Vietnam Red Cross,
On May 19 thousands
of students at
Teachers and
students also gave donations to support soldiers who are protecting the
country’s sovereignty.
Many schools in
Cao Xuan Hung,
deputy director of the Department of Education and Training in the
The Ministry of
Education and Training had instructed its agencies to raise awareness about
the country’s sovereignty over its islands among teaching staff and students.
Through talks of
the agencies, students would understand more about international
sovereignty laws and not to listen to incitement by saboteurs and other bad
elements to breach the law.
Officials from the
Department of Health in the central province of Ha Tinh called on and handed
over VND10 million (US$ 473.6) to the family of lieutenant of the Coast
Guard, Pham Kha Dang, in Thach Tri commune in Thach Ha District.
Dang’s mother
suffers from cancer and was taken to hospital in
To show him the
nation cares, the Ministry of Health ordered health authorities in Ha Tinh to
treat his mother free of cost.
On May 19 the
A film titled “To
protect the country’s islands” made by staff and students was screened to
protest
Representatives
from the Sai Gon Peninsula Group Corporation on May 19 visited the office of
Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper to donate VND500 million for a program to
support soldiers organized by the newspaper and the Navy High Command.
Nguyen Minh Tuan,
general director of the company, said the company trusted the Party’s
leadership to protect the country’s sovereignty and so contributed the money
to support soldiers who are on duty to protect the islands.
On behalf of the
newspaper, Editor-in-chief Nguyen Tan Phong expressed his thanks to the
corporation, adding that the newspaper would convey the money and the love of
the company’s staff to soldiers.
A representative
from
The representative
said the school had organized a talk on the country’s sovereignty over its
islands for its teaching staff and students.
On May 19 Satra
Trading Group gave VND200 million (US$ 9,474) to fisheries surveillance
forces and VND150 million to the Coast Guard, and VND50 million for repairing
two ships attacked by Chinese vessels. It also donated 20 containers of
tinned food for soldiers at sea.
In the last three
years Satra has donated nearly VND7 billion to programs to support soldiers
at sea, VND900 million to a fund for fishermen in the central provinces of
Binh Dinh and Quang Ngai, and 44 radios to fishermen in the two provinces.
Vietnam Water
Solution collected VND100 million (US$4,735) for a program launched by the
Fatherland Front in HCMC to support fishermen, Coast Guard, and fisheries
surveillance forces.
Kevin Moore, the
company’s director, said it wished to share the difficulties they faced.
More than 500 young
people in Buon Ma Thuot town in the Central Highlands
HCMC
authorities mark President Ho Chi Minh’s 124th birthday
Ho Chi Minh City
Party Committee chief Le Thanh Hai led a delegation to the Ho Chi Minh Museum
in the city on May 19 to pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh on his
124th birth anniversary.
The delegation
included officials from the People’s Council, People’s Committee, and Vietnam
Fatherland Front, who lit incense to pay their respects.
The dignitaries
later visited an exhibition titled “President Ho Chi Minh and the resistance
war against French Colonialists and historical Dien Bien Phu Victory” at the
museum.
People from
government agencies, companies, and schools and ordinary citizens also paid
tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on the day.
Rabies
spreads in
Nearly 1,900 people
in the
The local
authorities noted that the disease has spread in the province and has
affected all districts and
Le Thi Hong Van,
director of the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre, said that the number
of people coming for rabies vaccination had increased year over year.
She noted, however,
that lack of awareness among some people, including the ethnic groups in
remote areas, has had deadly consequences.
She cited the
example of a 44-year-old man who was asked to go to the district medical
centre for rabies vaccination after being bitten by an infected dog in March.
He refused to go and instead took some medicine. He died a month later.
To prevent further
spread of the disease, the Preventive Medicine Centre has requested its
districts to step up preventative measures against rabies, has forbidden
people from transporting dogs and cats across districts, and has asked for
increased communication about the disease.
More than
1,170 ecstasy tablets seized in Kon Tum
On May 20, border
guards at the Bo Y International Border Gate in Kon Tum province caught
Truong Van Hai red-handed, trafficking more than 1,170 ecstasy tablets.
Authorities
received a tip off on May 19, about a large scale drug trafficking ring from
Relevant agencies
sent forces to conduct patrols and investigation and found the suspect
attempting to cross the border into
Hai was born in
1986 in Quang Binh province.
This is the largest
ecstasy trafficking case Kon Tum border guards have arrested so far.
The case is still
under investigation.
Binh Duong
vows to protect and support foreign firms
The southern
At a May 20 meeting
with representatives from nearly 100 enterprises invested in by
The official
revealed the damage caused by recent spontaneous disturbances, and called on
foreign investors to set their mind at rest and continue their investment
activities because the Government and relevant agencies have taken
appropriate measures to handle the damage.
He also recommended
that the affected businesses collaborate with national agencies to recover
from the damage.
At the function,
executive representatives from the affected foreign-invested businesses asked
for assistance to repair the damage, in addition to support related to
payments for workers, social insurance premiums and corporate income tax.
Vo Thanh Duc,
Director of the provincial Police, said local police will soon bring the
lawbreakers who caused the problems to trial on charges of destroying and
appropriating assets and resisting on-duty officials.
Duc advised
enterprises, especially those from abroad, to be more active in protecting
their assets and to quickly team up with local forces to handle any
incidents.
In related news,
almost 400 enterprises invested by China and Taiwan in southern Dong Nai
province have decided to pay their workers from May 14-16, although the
labourers were allowed to be off on those days due to the worries about
rallies and disturbances against China’s illegal placement of its drilling
rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 in Vietnam’s waters.
Drug
trafficking trial held in Hoa Binh
The People's Court
in northern
The suspects were
allegedly members of a 30-member drug trafficking ring. Police are still
hunting for another four suspects.
Police told the
court they caught Trang A Chu red-handed in May 2011 while he was
transporting 50 cakes of heroin, weighing more than 17 kilos, and 400 ecstasy
pills.
During a chase by
police,
The Drug Crime Investigation
Department, known as C47, is prosecuting the 30 suspects for trafficking
drugs and illegally storing military weapons.
In another move,
the People's Court in southern
They were Le Thanh
Tien, who was given 10 years in prison; Nguyen Van Thanh, who received eight
years; and Nguyen Van Hen, also eight years.
Thanh and Hen were
caught red-handed last October carrying about 13 grams of drugs from
Impressive
anti-corruption initiatives rewarded
Co-organised by the
Government Inspectorate and the World Bank (WB), the 2014 Vietnam
Anti-Corruption Initiative (VACI 2014) programme was sponsored by the
Under the theme
“Strengthening transparency, public integrity and accountability”, twelve of
the winners are new initiatives, while the remainder are continuing projects
that won previous VACI programmes.
Each of them will
receive a maximum of 300 million VND (14,300 USD) for implementation, based
on the suggestions of their creators. This year’s designated funding totals
5.5 billion VND (261,900 USD).
Launched in
December 2013, the programme is the third event of the VACI series to honour
and support anti-corruption efforts in the community.
The series assisted
34 projects in 2011 and 24 others in 2013.
Earthquake
shakes Dien Bien
An earthquake
measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale occurred yesterday afternoon in Dien Bien
District in the
The earthquake's
centre was in the border area of Thanh Chan and Thanh Hung communes, said Nguyen
Thai Son, head of the Dien Bien Phu City Earthquake Observation Station.
The earthquake,
which lasted three to five seconds, was the fourth and strongest earthquake
in the province so far this year. It did not damage infrastructure, transport
or hydro-electricity plants and there were no casualties.
Volunteer
soldiers laid to rest
A ceremony was held
in Thanh Nua commune in the northwestern
The remains of the
soldiers were gathered during the 2013-14 dry season, beginning in October,
with close coordination from the Lao side.
At the burial,
representatives from the Government, the Military Zone 2 High Command and
Dien Bien authorities, along with local people, offered incense to the war
heroes, who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of both
Young
workers to do electricity job
The electric and
telecommunications cables in
Between May 20 to
October 15, cables will be buried along streets like Ly Tu Trong, Pasteur, Le
Lai, Nguyen Trai, Pham Ngu Lao, Nguyen Thi Nghia, and Pham Hong
Young employees at
the two companies will be nominated for the work.
Cracks
appear on Old Quarter houses
Cracks were
appearing in houses in Ha Noi's Old Quarter leading to subsidence following
the demolition of a guest house located on
Vice Chairman of
Hang Buom Ward's People's Committee, Nguyen Quyet Thang, said nine houses and
a storehouse belonging to local residents had been affected.
A house at
The municipal
Department of Construction planned to work with the developer of the guest
house to survey seriously affected houses, and, if necessary, tear them down
to ensure public safety, he said.
The project to
rebuild the guest house at
Shortly after the
old guest house was taken down and new foundations put in place, cracks
started to appear in nearby houses and they started to lean.
In a four-storey
house at
Tran Thi Phuong
Mai, the owner of the house, said nervously that more and more cracks were
spreading throughout her house, and the corridor on the third storey had sunk
on one side.
The metal roofing
of the house was also damaged by concrete and broken bricks when the old
guest house was torn down, she said.
"It's really
annoying in the rainy season. Water from the roof poured down to the floors
below and damaged the electrics. We had to cut the power on the upper storeys
for safety reasons."
"Now we have
been forced to rent a new place to live. Our business has fallen and we are
worried that the house will collapse at any time."
According to Thang,
vice chairman of the committee, Mai's house was not the worst case.
Late last year, the
committee found that a storehouse located near the old guest house had
separated from the adjacent building and was leaning to one side. The
committee asked the developer to tear it down and pay compensation to the
owner.
"The committee
has asked the developer to survey the affected households, and in Mai's case,
the investor and the construction department will hire a private firm to
inspect the situation."
Thang said the
findings would be announced after a week of inspections.
"We will ask
locals to temporarily relocate if the situation becomes dangerous to their
safety, and we will discuss compensation with the developers," he said.
UNFPA helps
The United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) will help
UNFPA Chief
Representative in Vietnam Arthur Erken made the commitment at a reception in
Erken highly
appreciated
Gender imbalance is
a matter of growing concern in society because millions of young men will
find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to marry a wife in the near
future, he said.
In turn, Nhan
echoed Erken’s view, adding population aging will also lead to the lack of
human resources for the growing national economy. Devising a suitable policy
is crucially important to creating a happy family and society, he said.
Nhan called on the
UNFPA to support
Overseas
Vietnamese request
Vietnamese
communities abroad and international friends continue to express opposition
to
Vietnamese people
in Champasak province,
The letter stressed
that the entire Vietnamese community in Champasak and peace-loving people around
the world demand that China immediately withdraw the Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil
rig and its ships from Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and ensure that it
will make no further infringement in the future that could damage Vietnam's
sovereignty or destabilise security and safety in the East Sea.
The Vietnamese in
Champasak expressed absolute confidence in the wise leadership of the
Communist Party of Vietnam and the government, believing in the nation’s
solidarity and the people and military’s readiness to protect the fatherland.
They affirmed their willingness to work closely with people at home to
protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.
* On May 18,
Vietnamese people living in the
* The same day, in
the
Nearly 100 overseas
Vietnamese and others from
* The Czech-Vietnam
Association has issued a statement opposing China’s illegal placement of an
oil rig in Vietnamese waters to the Chinese ambassador in the Czech Republic,
requesting that China immediately halt illegal activities, withdraw the rig
and escort ships out of Vietnam’s waters, and not repeat similar actions in the
future.
The association
also gave full support to the efforts and positive solutions of the
Government, authorities and citizens in
* Around 1,000 Vietnamese
people in the
* In
* In the
* The Vietnamese
community in
Participants showed
their anger at
The Vietnamese
Embassy and Vietnamese community in
* The same day, a
meeting attended by about 200 Vietnamese was held in
They donated money
and gifts to send to soldiers of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Fisheries
Surveillance who are on duty.
Many Angolans
working for Vietnamese enterprises in the country also participated in these
activities.
* The Vietnam
Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has recently issued a
statement strongly opposing
On behalf of more
than 3 million Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in
It went against
agreements on fundamental principles of resolving maritime issues between the
leaders of both countries, brutally trampling international law and violating
the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Declaration
on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea agreed upon between ASEAN and China
in 2002, as well as threatening peace, stability, and maritime and aviation
security and safety in the region and the world, and hurting Vietnam – China
friendship.
The statement
demanded that
* On May 19, the
Vietnam Centre for Research and Conservation of Culture and Belief held a meeting
in
On behalf of
intellectuals, writers and artists at the centre, Labour Hero Prof. Vu Khieu
read a statement opposing
The statement also
called on Chinese writers, artists, intellectuals and people to raise their
voice to ask the Chinese Government to respect
It also appealed to
Governments, international organisations, writers, artists, intellectuals and
the peoples of foreign nations to call on
Writers, artists,
and intellectuals at the centre said that they hoped that the traditional
friendship of the two peoples, as well as the good sentiment of
Officials
concern about poverty relapse among ethnic minorities
Poverty relapse is
high in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, with the rate as high as one
third in particularly underprivileged communes, according to Vice Chairman of
the National Assembly (NA)’s Ethnic Council Danh
He pointed out the
fact at an annual forum on development of ethnic minority groups which was
jointly organised by the NA Ethnic Council, the UN Development Programme
(UNDP) in Vietnam and the Embassy of Ireland in Hanoi on May 19.
Ut attributed the
situation to the growing development gap between areas inhabited by ethnic
minority groups and other parts of
According to Son
Phuoc Hoan, Deputy Minister and Vice Chairman of the Government’s Committee
for Ethnic Minority Affairs, the making of poverty reduction policies for
ethnic minority groups need to take into account their specific cultural
features so that poverty elimination targets become more feasible.
Meanwhile, UNDP
Country Director Louise Chamberlain, said support policies should only aim at
helping ethnic minority groups and individuals bring into play their internal
resources.
Ethnic minority
groups should not be considered as support beneficiaries but rather the main
player of the development process who are capable of helping themselves as
well as contributing to the national development, she stressed.
Proposals at the
forum will be sent to the NA to serve as reference information for the
drafting of measures to accelerate the development of ethnic communities.
Remains of
volunteer Vietnamese soldiers repatriated from Laos
Dien Bien province
in co-ordination with Military Zone 2, organised a ceremony on May 20, laying
to rest the remains of 29 volunteer Vietnamese soldiers recovered from
battlefields in
These remains were
found and collected by a special team working in Military Zone 2 from 28
single tombs and 1 mass grave.
This is Dien Bien‘s
first collection and repatriation of the remains of Vietnamese soldiers from
Laos in 2014.
The remains were
taken to
Vietnamese
in EU condemn
Overseas Vietnamese
(OVs) across Europe have staged peaceful demonstrations in protest against
A large number of
OVs on May 18 rallied in front of the Chinese Embassy in the
They raised around
£5,400 to donate to law enforcement forces that are protecting the country’s
waters.
Unless
*** The Vietnamese
People Association (VPA) in the
The illegal action
badly affects the traditional ties of friendship and cooperation between the
two countries and stability and maritime freedom in the
The VPA in the
OVs also organised
a concert on May 20 to raise funds for border coast guards who are protecting
national sovereignty and territorial waters.
*** More than 300
OVs in
The march attracted
much attention from local residents and international friends.
*** The same day,
thousands of Vietnamese expatriates in
They raised funds
to support soldiers at home.
*** Around 4,000
OVs and hundreds of Polish friends in capital
The number of
demonstrators, including Polish journalists, is ten times higher than the
estimated figure.
They sent a message
that Vietnamese people cherish peace, but they will do their best to protect
the country’s legal sovereignty.
*** Nearly 1,500
OVs gathered in capital
This is the first
time over the past 20 years Vietnamese people in
They condemned
*** OVs in
The money was
raised at a concert held at the Asia-Pacific Commercial Centre on May 17.
Campaign
aims to end child abuse
The month of June
will be devoted to a campaign to stop sex abuse and violence against
children.
The month, the idea
of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, will feature a
publicity drive and cultural and sporting events.
The media will be
asked to advise the public to report offenders to authorities.
Forums and training
courses will also be held for children.
Every year about
1,000 cases of child sex abuse are reported throughout
Another three to
four thousand cases of violence against children are also reported each year
- and an average of 100 children die from their injuries, according to the
Ministry of Public Security.
Nguyen Hai Huu,
director of the Child Care and Protection Department, said that the
difference in living standards and education levels in different areas
contributed to the problem.
He said poor
families often ignored their children, even when they were victims of sex
abuse and maltreatment.
Moreover,
pornography was now difficult to control, especially on the internet.
Vijaya
Ratnam-Raman, acting chief of the Child Protection Division of UNICEF Viet
Nam, said that violence, exploitation and abuse impaired a child's ability to
learn and to socialise.
Waiting
homes cut maternity deaths
Two waiting homes
for mothers have significantly reduced maternity deaths over the past three
years in the northern mountain
Trieu Nguyet Hoa,
deputy director of the provincial Reproductive Health Care Centre, said the
homes, the first of their kind in the country, were set up in June, 2011,
with financial and technical help from the World Health Organisation.
They were set up in
Bao Lam and Bao Lac districts, which are noted for their bad roads. Until
then, 70 to 90 per cent of women in the two districts, who are from the
One maternity
waiting home is in
Pregnant women in
remote areas, especially those at high risk of having a difficult delivery,
can go to the maternity homes one or two weeks before their babies are due.
"While there,
they receive health checks and care from medical workers," said Hoa.
Each woman staying
in the maternity homes is given about VND25,000 (US$1.19) per day for meals.
The money is from national, provincial and international supporting
programmes.
So far the
maternity waiting home in Bao Lac District has looked after nearly 200
pregnant women.
The other in Bao
Lam District has handled nearly 150.
In previous years,
on average, up to eight women in each district died each year during birth
due to complications while giving birth at home, according to statistics.
However, Hoa said,
encouraging local women to use the maternity homes was difficult because of
the language barrier.
Pregnant women
rarely went to medical stations for pre-birth checks so they did not know if
they were likely to have a difficult delivery.
However, there are
still problems getting them to attend. Most families are short of workers. If
mothers go to a waiting home with a relative to take care of them, there is
no one left home to cook or clean.
Most of the ethnic
women are also so poor they do not have enough money to pay for travelling or
meals.
Hoa suggested
commune medical stations join hands with the provincial Women's Association
to get more financial support for them.
President
Ho Chi Minh’s birthday marked abroad
The Vietnam Embassy
in
In his speech at
the event, Ambassador Ton Sinh Thanh recapped the life and great
revolutionary career of late President Ho Chi Minh, the hero of national
liberation and a UNESCO-honoured world cultural figure.
It is President Ho
Chi Minh who laid a foundation for the flourishing ties and friendship
between
On the occasion,
the organising board praised participants at the ceremony, especially the
winners of a quiz about the late President.
The competition,
together with the construction of a statue of President Ho Chi Minh in the
capital city of
Earlier,
representatives of the embassy and the Vietnamese community in
In related news,
the India-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in
Universal preschool education narrows growth gap: WB official
Comprehensive
investment into early childhood education across
She made the remark
at a forum in
The WB official
further said that developing early childhood education will create the
equality of opportunity since this is the base for children’s learning in the
future.
Deputy Minister of
Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia said despite existing difficulties,
As of the end of
the 2012-2013 academic year,
WB expert Wendy
Jarrie considered the interaction between teachers and children as the most
important factor in education; therefore, equipping teachers with practical
skills is necessary.
At the forum,
participants discussed the preschool curriculum, the role of families and the
community in child care, and education for children of ethnic minority groups
and suggested proposals to raise the quality of this branch of education.
Sympathies
to
President Truong
Tan Sang on May 20 sent a message of sympathy to Serbian President Tomislav
Nikolic and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir
Izetbegovic over the devastating floods that the countries have faced
recently.
Due to continuous
rainfall in the two countries earlier this month, thousands of people have
been affected by flooding.
It is estimated
that over 50,000 people in
President
Ho Chi Minh’s birthday marked in Cuba, Mexico
A floral tribute
was paid to late President Ho Chi Minh at his statue in
Held by the
Vietnamese Embassy in
Ambassador Minh
recalled milestones in President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary cause, stating
that his thoughts and principles continue to guide Vietnamese people in the
country’s national construction, development and defence.
He also informed
participants of current tensions in the
The act seriously
infringes
The diplomat also
called on peace-lovers worldwide, including those in
On the day, the
Organisation of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia and
Meanwhile,
representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in
On this occasion,
National Coordinator of the Mexican Labour Party Alberto Anaya Gutiérez, who
is also head of the Mexican-Vietnamese Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, visited
doctors of
He reaffirmed his
consistent stance of supporting
Workshop
seeks to develop renewable energy
Effectively
developing renewable energy in
As part of the
activities organised in the National Energy Development Strategy for the 2011
-2020 period, the event brought together seven leading French businesses
operating in the field, who shared experience in producing new energy sources
in their country.
In his speech at
the event, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang said
However, Quang
added that the exploitation and use of renewable energy in the country is
limited, accounting for only 6.3 percent of the total energy volume for
producing electricity.
Participants said
new incentive policies should be created to promote investment in the field.
At the event,
Francois Greaume, a representative from
Preventive
measures needed to stop spread of MERS
The Ministry of
Health has recommended preventive measures against the
The ministry’s
Preventive Medicine Centre advised people to minimise direct contact with
acute respiratory syndrome patients, while maintaining personal hygiene and
living in an airy environment.
Those who come to
or return from countries with MERS-CoV should apply intensive measures to
prevent the dangerous infectious disease, it recommended.
The centre added
that people should immediately get to a healthcare centre if they have
symptoms of fever above 38 degrees, breathing difficulties or a bad cough.
According to the
World Health Organisation (WHO), as of May 17, there were 537 MERS infections
reported in 19 countries, with 145 deaths.
WHO warned that the
disease is likely to continue spreading to other countries due to affected
people travelling. However, it has yet to advise any special inspections at
border gates or travel restrictions in affected countries.
MERS is a viral
respiratory disease caused by a rare coronavirus that was first identified in
A typical case of
MERS consists of a fever, cough and shortness of breath. Pneumonia is a
common finding on examination. Gastrointestinal symptoms, including
diarrhoea, have also been reported. Severe illness can cause respiratory
failure that requires mechanical ventilation and support in an intensive care
unit. Some patients have had organ failure, especially of the kidneys, or
septic shock.
Approximately 27%
of patients with MERS have died. The virus appears to cause more severe
diseases in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with
such chronic diseases as diabetes, cancer, and lung disease.
Source: VNN/VNA/VNS/VOV/ND/SGGP
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