Currently, Hanoi has a reserve of 5,700 Tamiflu tablets, sufficient to meet the immediate needs of 570 patients in the event of an outbreak.
In addition, the Hanoi health sector has projected a budget of 203 billion VND for pandemic influenza prevention efforts. The initial funding request is 38 billion VND, which includes medications, equipment, and consumables for emergency care and treatment of patients at three satellite hospitals; as well as medicines, chemicals, and protective equipment for surveillance, detection, containment, and outbreak management…
Furthermore, the Hanoi Department of Health has prepared for four potential scenarios of human influenza outbreaks with varying levels of severity: under 100 patients, between 100 and 1,000 patients, from 1,000 to 5,000 patients, and over 5,000 patients.
