A health care staff instruct locals on measures to clean the environment to prevent dengue fever (Photo: VNA)Addressing the event, Tran Dac Phu, head of the Departmentof Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, noted that Hanoi has been thelocality suffered from dengue fever with thousands of infection cases everyyear.
There is a risk of outbreak of dengue fever and Zika-virus causeddiseases in the city if it hesitates to apply preventive measures, he warned,urging the Party organisation, government, sectors and localities across thecity, especially the health care sector, to actively take part in detecting andhandling virus nests, thus preventing uncontrolled spreading of virus.
Meanwhile, Director of the Hanoi Health Department NguyenKhac Hien highlighted the importance of environmental sanitation, killing mosquitolarva among the community.
He noted that neither vaccines against dengue fever noreffective treatment have been found, underlining the need for higherresponsibility of the government at districts of the city in preventing thedisease in the locality.
Preventive Medicine Centres in districts should improvetheir 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 ofHa Dong district deployed five groups to inspect mosquito larva killing and chemicalspraying in Phu Luong ward.
As of April 2017, Hanoi has recorded 563 dengue fever casesin 173 communes, wards and towns of 26 districts, higher than that of the sametime last year. However, no death has been reported.-VNA
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