28/08/2017
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10:24:59
Hanoi: new dengue fever cases drop
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Spraying anti-mosquito chemicals in Lang Ha ward of Hanoi (Photo: VNA) |
The number of new dengue fever cases in Hanoi has dropped in the recent two
weeks but is still high, heard a meeting of the Steering Committee on Epidemics
Prevention and Control in Hanoi on August 25.
A report from the
Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health showed that
Hanoi tops the list of 10 localities with highest dengue fever cases nationwide.
The municipal
Department of Health reported 19,962 dengue fever cases with seven deaths from
January 1 to August 22. The virus was found in all 30 districts and wards, mostly
in inner city.
Hanoi has conducted
large-scale spraying of anti-mosquito chemicals, while promptly tackling small and
newly-detected outbreaks.
Head of the Department
of Preventive Medicine Tran Dac Phu said that in the coming time, the health
sector will focus on killing mosquitoes in outskirt localities and adjacent
provinces.
Since early this year,
as many as 100,417 dengue fever cases have been reported nationwide, a rise of
47.9 percent year on year, with 26 deaths, 9 more than the same period last
year.
The southern region accounted
for 52.7 percent of dengue patients, northern region had 29.1 percent, and the
central region 14.9 percent.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh
City are the two leading localities with highest cases and deaths.
Deputy Health Minister
Nguyen Thanh Long asked Hanoi and other localities to roll out stronger
measures to suppress dengue virus on the threshold of the new academic year.
He also called for
cooperation from ministries, sectors and the community in the work.-VNA