Vietnam Ministry of Health to send 4 mil water purification tablets to floodplains

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Heavy flood inundates houses in Quang Tri provinces (Photo: Bao Hom Nay)

Accordingly, the batch is distributed by the disaster prevention warehouse of the Ministry of Health i Danang including 6 provinces, namely Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien - Hue, Quang Nam, Da Nang, each will receive 700,000 tablets to disinfect water sources as the floodwater keeps rising, sparking concerns over water hygiene.

Each Aquatabs 67mg tablet is capable of disinfecting 20 liters of water. Once being thrown into the water, the tablet will dissolve itself without any need to shake or stir the liquid. Purified water is ready for use after 30 mins. Aquatabs is a better water purification tablet than chloramine B given its stronger disinfection capacity.

The Health Ministry also requested the 6 provincial and municipal health departments to promptly receive and distribute the disinfectant chemicals to timely prevent and overcome the consequences of the severe flood.

A bird-eye view of Central Vietnam in flood (Photo: Nhan Dan)

(Photo: Bao Quang Binh)

On the same day, the Ministry also dispatched medical personnel from major hospitals in Hanoi, including Bach Mai, Viet Duc to support the Central provinces. The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the Viet Nam National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and Pasteur Nha Trang Institue will also join hands to help central floodplains in the fight against the natural disaster.

These units are in charge of maintaining mobile forces, stockpiling drugs, chemicals, and medical emergency vehicles, as well as being ready to participate in disaster response, search and rescue in the locality.

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