Diseases under control during Lunar New Year holiday

The ministry reported no cases of A/H5N1 or
A/H7N9 influenza, as well as no outbreak of .  

On February 1 and 4, Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi
received two cases of severe pneumonia caused by a virus.

Test results by the National Institute of
Hygiene and Epidemiology revealed that the two victims caught influenza A/H1N1
and B at the same time. They are now isolated and receiving treatment.

As many as 525 cases of hand, foot and mouth
infections were reported, mostly in southern provinces.

More than 2,600 people suffered from dengue
fever including one death, decreasing 43 per cent compared to the week
before Tet.

Up to 664 cases of typhus fever were detected in
northern and southern provinces. No casualties were reported.

The ministry is collaborating with the World
Health Organistaion to monitor Ebola and other epidemics to ensure quick
response.-VNA