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The number of cases of dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth is on a high rise

According to Dr. Bach Thai Binh, Director of the Center for Disease Control, it is now in the dry season but dengue fever, and hand - foot - mouth disease cases are still high compared to the same period last year.

Specifically, in one recent week more than 150 dengue fever cases have been recorded. The total number of cases has amounted to more than 2,400 since early this year. Particularly, the number of hospitalized cases was more than 1,900, which is 2.5 times as high as that the same period last year. The hand-foot-mouth disease in children since early this year has recorded more than 750 cases, up by nearly 40% over the same period last year. Every week, the province records about 30 - 40 cases of hand - foot – mouth disease.

The localities that are the “hot spots” of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease fever are Trang Dai and Long Binh wards in Bien Hoa city; Phuoc Thien, Hiep Phuoc and Long Tho communes in Nhon Trach district; and Long Thanh and Trang Bom districts.

In order to proactively prevent epidemics, in the coming time the Center will deploy the prevention and control of dengue fever throughout the province. In particular, district health centers must be active enough to prevent epidemics. “We do not carry out the “kill mosquito larvae” campaign the same way as before but we take measures to kill epidemic outbreaks in a specific way”, said Dr. Binh.

The provincial Center for Disease Control will provide sufficient chemicals and announcing the list of the areas where epidemic prevention and control should be focused on and hospitals must report on disease cases every single day.

Duy Minh (Dieu Linh)