Spraying anti-mosquito chemical (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA)
– The number of dengue fever cases dropped last week but is still high, said
, Director of the under the Health
Department at a meeting on August 31.
During the week ending
on August 27, 6,292 dengue fever cases were reported, down 11.4 percent over
the previous week. No deaths have been recorded since August 14.
According to the Preventive
Medicine Department, since early this year, 108,925 dengue fever cases have
been reported, with 26 deaths, a rise of 43.5 percent in the number of cases and
seven deaths higher than the same period last year. The virus was mainly found in
the southern region which accounted for 51.2 percent of dengue patients.
Hanoi is the leading
locality with highest dengue fever cases. From January 1 to August 28, 22,296
people caught the virus, with seven deaths, mostly in Hoang Mai, Dong Da, Hai
Ba Trung and Thanh Xuan districts.
Nguyen Van Kinh,
Director of the , revealed that the
number of people coming to the hospital for dengue fever test was reduced by a
half to about 350 per day.
However, Phu warned
that the outbreak will continue developing complicatedly with high
risk in many localities. He said that the Ministry of Health will keep a close
eye in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, some Red River delta, central coastal and
Central Highlands provinces for timely response.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
