A patient reveives treatment at the medical centre of Pleiku city, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has seen a surge in dengue
fever with about 71,000 cases recorded in the first half of 2019, rising more
than three-fold year on year, according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the cases, nearly 50,000 were reported in 20
provinces and cities in the southern region, 139 percent higher than in the
same period last year. They included six deaths.
Ho Chi Minh City had the biggest number of
dengue fever cases, almost 24,770, up 176 percent year on year.
Binh Phuoc province also witnessed a surge of
142 percent in the patient number to more than 1,700. In An Giang, another
southern province, the number increased 28 percent to over 1,960.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak saw
more than 3,200 dengue fever cases in the six months, soaring seven-fold from a
year earlier.
Meanwhile, dengue fever has also shown signs of
spreading in Hanoi, which reported 820 cases during the reviewed period.
Notably, high numbers of patients have been
recorded in western districts of the city, including 150 cases in Ha Dong, 88
in Bac Tu Liem, 73 in Cau Giay, 69 in Dong Da and 65 in Nam Tu Liem.
Health experts attributed the outbreak partly to
frequent rains in the southern region since June, when dengue fever began to
spread fast. They also pointed to the neglect of disease prevention and the
migration of labourers from disease-hit areas, which altogether have
facilitated the spread of dengue fever.
Meanwhile, the weather condition in Hanoi this
week, with temperatures from 26 to 37 degrees Celsius and many rains, is also
favourable for the development of mosquitoes – the transmitter of .
The is implementing activities to deal with
the outbreak. –VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
