Three deaths of dengue fever reported so far in 2018

Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –
As many as 14,079 dengue fever cases with three deaths have been reported so
far this year across the country, a drop of 37.2 percent compared to the same
period last year.

The deaths were
recorded in the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc and the Mekong
Delta province of Ca Mau.

Last week, 24
localities were seen no cases, while the number of infections fell
or remain the same compared to the previous week. Only Binh Duong province
reported a rise of six cases during the reviewed period.

The Department of
Preventive Medicine forecast that the disease may continue developing complicatedly
in the coming time if preventive measures are not implemented drastically.

Vietnam experienced a
boom of dengue fever in 2017 when 181,054 infection cases and 30 deaths were
reported in almost all localities, mostly Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

People are advised to
and larvae and eliminate their shelters, and protect themselves
from mosquito by sleeping in .-VNA