Illustrative image (Source: VNA) under control in the .
The rate of the
disease hotbeds that are yet to record new cases after two weeks accounts for
69.5 percent and most of them have fewer than five patients.
All 584
communes in 30 districts and townships formed 26,038 voluntary groups with the
involvement of 63,119 people, who sought to exterminate mosquito larvae and 4,638
inspection groups with 10,095 taking part.
The city
launched 90 large-scale campaigns and over 1,000 environment
hygiene drives. The rate of households being sprayed in high-risk areas
amounted to 86 percent.
Apart from
the State funding assigned early this year, the municipal authorities continued
providing additional funding for the dengue fever prevention campaign in the
city.
The Health
Ministry directed northern cities and provinces to deploy 20 large-capacity
spraying machines and providing more anti-mosquito chemicals for Hanoi, and
assigned four expert teams with six members each to increase manpower for the
effort.
In the near
future, the number of dengue fever cases is forecast to increase due to humid
and rain weather conditions.
Since early
this year, as many as 100,417 dengue fever cases have been reported nationwide,
a rise of 47.9 percent year on year, with 26 deaths, nine more than the same
period last year.
The southern
region accounted for 52.7 percent of dengue patients, northern region had 29.1
percent, and the central region 14.9 percent.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are the two leading
localities with the highest cases and deaths.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
