Spraying anti-mosquito chemicals (Source: VNA) Health of the said there have been 213 cases of
in the city this year and 60 hotspots.
Eighty eight percent of the victims were people
aged under 15 years, according to the department.
Thach Minh Duc, deputy head of the dengue fever
division at the Can Tho Children’s Hospital, said: “The hospital received 200
patients this month. The disease is expected to spread further.”
The downtown area is among the worst affected,
with Ninh Kieu district accounting for 25 cases and O Mon for 32, he said.
The department said the southern region is
severely affected in the rainy season. There have been four deaths in the
country in the first six months out of 20,552 cases.
In Can Tho, the number of cases has decreased by
41.4 percent this year, according to the department.
Huynh Minh Truc, Director of the city’s
Preventive Medicine Centre, said unhygienic living conditions are the major
cause for the spread of dengue in Can Tho and its neighbouring areas.
Besides, local authorities do not educate or
warn the public about it, he said.
The city has failed to clean up hotspots like
vacant lands where wastewater stagnates, he said.
The department has urged health authorities in
other cities and provinces to carry out prevention activities on ASEAN Dengue
Day, June 15.
Can Tho authorities plan to set up teams of
health workers who will supervise activities to combat the disease in key areas
together with their counterparts from Mekong Delta provinces.
It includes campaigns to destroy mosquitoes and
their larvae especially in hotspots.
Nguyen Trung Nghia, deputy director of the
department, said: “We are focusing on completely clearing infection hotspots of
dengue-causing mosquitoes.”-VNS/VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
