Vietnam lacks monkeypox testing capability amid global outbreak

Test tubes labelled 'Monkeypox virus' are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Photo by Reuters

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

The Ministry of Health on Sunday had an emergency meeting with several domestic and international health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC), regarding responses to an ongoing global monkeypox outbreak, just one day after the disease had been declared a global health emergency.

Nguyen Luong Tam, deputy head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine, said Vietnam has yet to detect a monkeypox case, but there is a high risk of the disease breaching the border and infecting the population, seeing as several neighboring countries like Thailand, China, Singapore and Cambodia have already recorded monkeypox cases.

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