Preventive measures against dengue fever prove effective

Spraying chemicals to kill mosquitoes. Illustrative Image (Source: VNA)

(VNA) – There will be no another dengue fever outbreak peak as that occurred
earlier this year if current preventive measures continue to be maintained, according
to the under the Ministry of Health.

The department
reported that dengue fever has been efficiently controlled. In Hanoi, the
number of dengue infection cases has dropped by 80 percent in the recent seven
weeks, falling from 500 cases per day to 100 cases per day.

The decline was seen
in all localities of Hanoi, including the two hot spots of Hoang Mai and Ha
Dong districts.

Since early April, as
many as 40,000 teams involving nearly 80,000 people have been set up to kill
and larva, while the dengue fever supervision system in Hanoi has
operated effectively with the engagement of experienced experts, along with
training courses and health consultations at health care establishments.

The department advised
that in the coming time, Hanoi and other localities should continue maintaining
efforts against , while continuing to enhance the capacity of the
monitoring, warning and responding system to minimise the number of new
infection cases protect people’s health.

The health sector
warned the community to continue strengthening preventive measures against
dengue fever by killing mosquitoes and larva, while working with authorities in
preventive activities.-VNA