Regulations related to epidemic announcement in Vietnam

According to Article 38 of the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases 2007 of Vietnam, epidemic announcement must abide by the following principles:

- All cases of epidemic must be announced;

- Announcement of an epidemic and its termination must be public, accurate, timely and duly made.

An epidemic announcement contains:

- Name of the epidemic;

- Time, place and scope of occurrence of the epidemic;

- Causes, ways of transmission, nature and danger of the epidemic;

- Measures for preventing and controlling the epidemic;

- Medical examination and treatment establishments that admit and treat persons suffering from infectious diseases.

These details must be promptly notified to related agencies, organizations and individuals for taking anti-epidemic measures.

The competence to announce an epidemic is stipulated in Clause 2 Article 38 as follows:

- Provincial-level People's Committee presidents announce epidemics at the request of provincial-level Health Service directors, forclass-A and class-B infectious diseases;

- The Minister of Health announces epidemics at the request of provincial-level People's Committee presidents, for class-A infectious diseases and for some class-B infectious diseases which have been announced in two or more provinces and centrally run cities;

- The Prime Minister announces epidemics at the request of provincial-level People's Committee presidents, for class-A infectious diseases, which quickly spread from one province to another, seriously affecting human life and health.

View more: The Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases 2007 of Vietnam was issued on November 21, 2007 and officially effective from July 01, 2008.

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