A doctor at HCM City’s Paediatrics Hospital 1 examines a child suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease (Photo: VNA)Ca Mau (VNA) – The Preventive
Medicine Department in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has established and
trained working groups to deal with and
across localities since the beginning of 2017.
Aiming to prevent outbreaks of the two
diseases over abrupt weather changes,
a set of measures have been put forth.
They included disinfecting former
disease-hit areas, raising public awareness on keeping their home free from
mosquitos, as well as training teachers and parents in detecting symptoms of
and protecting children from hand, foot and mouth disease.
In 2016, Ca Mau detected nearly 1,400
people having dengue fever, an annual increase of almost 100 percent.
From the beginning of 2017 to date, the
number of dengue fever patients has amounted to 120, most of them reside in Ca
Mau city and the districts of Cai Nuoc, Dam Doi and Tran Van Thoi.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
