Viet Nam Human Rights
»
home
»
News
»
political-social
»
Strengthening the prevention of COVID-19 for elderly residents
Strengthening the prevention of COVID-19 for elderly residents
20/3/20
 |
| Illustrative image |
The move was put forward in response to the development of COVID-19 across the country and worldwide.
The People's Committees of provinces and cities are requested to urgently direct relevant agencies take specific measures to strengthen prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic for the elderly, people with underlying diseases and other high risk groups.
Localities are requested to count and strictly manage the health of the elderly, especially people with underlying medical conditions and other high-risk groups
Families of elderly people, people with underlying medical conditions and high-risk groups are recommended to minimise going out to public areas and contact with others. When experiencing health problems, they must immediately contact the commune health department, ward or family doctor.
They should visit medical facilities only in cases of real necessity or emergency, medical examination and treatment (out of drugs, dose adjustment required) and always use a mask and disinfect their hands when they go out.
The committee also suggested health facilities to provide medicine for treatment of chronic diseases for a longer time (at least two months) to the elderly, people with diseases and other high risk groups.
Localities are required to implement electronic medical declarations or electronic records, of which priority should be given to the declaration for people aged 60 and older and people with underlying medical conditions, non-communicable diseases or other high risk groups.
The elderly are Vietnamese citizens who are 60 years of age or older, according to the Law on the Elderly./.
Popular Posts
-
Religion is a part of the spiritual life in society, this phenomenon of the superstructure has been strongly changed with economic - social... -
Vietnam has just done well for the second cycle of Universal Periodical Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland. So, what’s the UPR? an... -
Thai people in Shutdown Bangkok protests Not until this crisis, we have realized the ne... -
Representatives from foreign countries congratulate Viet Nam on its election to the Human Rights Council for the first time on November ... -
A street flowers vendor in Hanoi Another new spring has come to Vietnam, bring... -
If nothing changes, there will be a preferential credit program with hundreds of thousands billion of capital for agriculture and r... -
Recently, several anti-governmental individuals have established series of illegal groups and organizations in the name of civil soci... -
Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit international broadcasting agency of the United States government that broadcasts and...
All comments [ 10 ]
Even before the Covid-19 coronavirus reached more than 100 countries around the world, early data from China — where the outbreak started — suggested that older adults were the most vulnerable to the worst effects of the disease.
Covid-19 is very dangerous for older people, and others with with heart, lung, and immunological conditions.
Immune function is not as robust as it is in younger people
As we age, the systems our bodies use to fight disease wear down. Not only does the body have a harder time fighting off new infections like Covid-19; it’s also more likely to be afflicted by chronic diseases that make the immune system weaker.
Studies over the years have shown that in most people, their immune function is pretty okay in their 60s, or even in their 70s. The immune functions go down rather quickly after age 75 or 80
The longer we live, the more likely our cells are to replicate in dangerous ways, the more damage they accumulate, and the more likely our organs are to stop functioning normally.
Vietnam’s performance in this regard has also received praises of the World Health Organization (WHO), he said, calling for more specific, concerted and drastic measures in order to deal with the spread of the epidemic in the time ahead
In Vietnam, all people are treated equal, no one is left behind
It is necessary to keep calm, united, self-confident and more responsible amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases daily
the work should be conducted extensively, with more attention paid to vulnerable groups, laborers and students.
Your comments