The 35-year-old woman no longer has fever and her blisters are beginning to heal, said Le Manh Hung, director of the hospital.

A blister is seen on the hand of a woman infected with monkeypox in HCMC.

"All close contacts of the patient since she returned to Vietnam have not shown any potential symptom for monkeypox," he added.

The woman displayed symptoms like fatigue, chills, muscle aches, headaches and coughing, as well as rashes on several body parts from September 18 while she was traveling in Dubai. She was confirmed infected with monkeypox in Ho Chi Minh City after returning on September 22. Viral genome sequencing revealed that she was infected with a monkeypox strain that has circulated throughout many regions of the world since the beginning of this year.

Hung said the disease has not been able to spread to the community, which aligns with other reports around the world saying monkeypox is not easily transmitted among the community. Most people would recover after 10-14 days and would stop being contagious after 21 days, he added.

HCMC authorities have deployed measures to monitor entrants for monkeypox detection and prevention, the municipal Department of Health said.

As of Monday, over 68,000 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in 106 countries and territories around the world. 25 deaths have been recorded.

Indian scientists helps build capacity for Vietnam on monkeypox control

Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune are training experts from Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand to tackle monkeypox amidst escalating concerns over the disease.

HCMC to advise 21-day self-quarantine for monkeypox suspects

HCMC may advise foreign entrants suspected of having monkeypox to self-isolate themselves for 21 days, the city’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday.

Stronger efforts in monkeypox prevention urged

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed People’s Committees of cities and provinces to immediately issue instructions on the prevention and control of monkeypox.

Monkeypox fears prompt HCMC to request health declarations

Ho Chi Minh City has proposed that the Ministry of Health requires all entrants to submit health declarations as fears of a monkeypox outbreak rise.

Vietnam lacks monkeypox testing capability amid global outbreak

Vietnam currently lacks sufficient testing capabilities to detect monkeypox as the WHO declared the disease a global health emergency Saturday.

Source: VnExpress