Zika preventive measures for Vietnam

by Hong Nhung - Thanh Duy17 March 2016 Last updated at 08:00 AM

VTV.vn - The National Institute of Hygiene Epidemiology confirmed in its latest report released this Tuesday that there were currently no signs of the Zika virus present in Vietnam.

However, there have sporadic outbreaks seen in Southeast Asian countries with Laos being the latest to report Zika transmission, posing the potentially-high risk that there might be an Zika outbreak in Vietnam. Under such circumstances, what preventive measures have Vietnam and international organisations been taking to prevent the virus from entering the country?

VTV reporter Hong Nhung sat down with WHO communications officer Emmanuel Eraly to find the answer.

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