TO REPORT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ON SUSPICIOUS CASES OF CATEGORY A CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
The Minister of Health promulgates the Circular No. 28/2019/TT-BYT dated October 28, 2019 on guidelines for notification and reporting by medical quarantine activities at border.
Accordingly, reporting authorities include: Border quarantine agencies in provinces and centrally affiliated cities (International Quarantine Centers, provincial Preventive Health Centers, Disease control centers in provinces and cities which conduct medical quarantine activities); Regional institutes: (National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang and Tay Nguyen Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology).
In particular, Periodic reporting include: Weekly report, monthly report, six-month report and annual report. Besides, ad-hoc reporting upon detection of individuals suspicious of or infected with category A contagious diseases in border areas or signs and factors which may cause infectious diseases and events that are likely to affect public health at the border area.
Reports are made in writing or by online reporting software. Ad-hoc reports may be executed by fax, by email or telephone or directly spoken before given in writing within 24 hours or by online reporting software.
This Circular takes effect on December 10, 2019.
