(VOVworld) - No mosquito-borne Zika virus case has been reported in Vietnam so far this year, said Tran Dac Phu, Head of the Preventive Medicine Department of the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday.

he health sector will continue to encourage people to kill mosquitoes and mosquito larvae to prevent Zika and dengue (sputnik.news)

He said the number of Zika cases continues to climb, especially in Thailand, Laos, the Philippines, and Cambodia. The Health Ministry proposed raising the alert level to 2 in anticipation of a Zika case, establish rapid response teams at central hospitals, and send inspection teams to high-risk provinces. The health sector will continue to encourage people to kill mosquitoes and mosquito larvae to prevent Zika and dengue.