A health care staff instruct locals on measures to to prevent dengue fever (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The on June
6 launched a campaign to clean the environment in response to
(June 15).
Addressing the event, Tran Dac Phu, head of the Department
of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, noted that Hanoi has been the
locality suffered from with thousands of infection cases every
year.
There is a risk of outbreak of dengue fever and Zika-virus caused
diseases in the city if it hesitates to apply preventive measures, he warned,
urging the Party organisation, government, sectors and localities across the
city, especially the health care sector, to actively take part in detecting and
handling virus nests, thus preventing uncontrolled spreading of virus.
Meanwhile, Director of the Hanoi Health Department Nguyen
Khac Hien highlighted the importance of environmental sanitation, killing mosquito
larva among the community.
He noted that neither vaccines against dengue fever nor
effective treatment have been found, underlining the need for higher
responsibility of the government at districts of the city in preventing the
disease in the locality.
Preventive Medicine Centres in districts should improve
their capacity in forecasting and detecting risky factors for timely response,
while preparing equipment and chemicals for necessary circumstances, he added.
Following the launching ceremony, the People’s Committee of
Ha Dong district deployed five groups to inspect mosquito larva killing and chemical
spraying in Phu Luong ward.
As of April 2017, Hanoi has recorded 563 dengue fever cases
in 173 communes, wards and towns of 26 districts, higher than that of the same
time last year. However, no death has been reported.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
