Health

HCM asked to keep track of disease developments

Ho Chi Minh City needs to monitor infectious diseases and take measures to prevent cross-infections, avoiding a large-scale outbreak, a health official has said.
HCM asked to keep track of disease developments ảnh 1Ho Chi Minh City asked to keep track of disease developments (Source: VNA)
HCMCity (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City needs to monitor infectious diseases andtake measures to prevent cross-infections, avoiding a large-scale outbreak, a healthofficial has said.

Director of the Ministry of Health’s Preventative Medicine Department  TranDac Phu made the request during a field-trip to HCM City on July 5 to inspect diseaseprevention work in the locality.

According to the municipal Department of Health, the city recorded 9,141 denguefever cases in the last two quarters, up 11 percent against the same periodlast year, with three fatalities.

The city also had 21 cases of Zika virus infection, 13 of whom were pregnant women.A total of 2,032 hand-foot-mouth disease patients were also reported in the cityin the period.

Along with the increase of diseases, overloading in hospitals also poses difficulties for the municipal health sector.

Phu said hospitals are likely to face high risk of cross-infections, and if thesituation lasts, overloading in hospitals will become more severe.

Phu attributed the complicated development of diseases in HCM City to climatechange and population shifts.

He asked agencies to prepare for emergency situations.

Meanwhile, Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City Phan Trong Lansaid mosquitoes are the main infectious agent of contagious diseases such asdengue fever, Zika virus-related diseases and Japanese encephalitis.

The municipal authority should prepare solutions to the issue, focusing on killingmosquitoes and mosquito larvae, raising awareness of locals and calling for theirinvolvement in the work.-VNA
#Zika virus-related diseases#dengue fever#Japanese encephalitis#hand-foot-mouth disease#Ho Chi Minh City#Tran Dac Phu#mosquitoes#HCM City
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Dengue fever rises in Hanoi

Dengue fever rises in Hanoi

Dengue fever cases are on the rise in Hanoi, as weather has been favourable to the development of infected mosquitoes.
Dak Lak sees rises in contagious diseases

Dak Lak sees rises in contagious diseases

Abnormal weather has resulted in increases in infectious diseases, especially dengue fever, diarrhoea and hand-foot-mouth disease in Dak Lak province since the beginning of May.
Hospitals urged to improve dengue fever treatment

Hospitals urged to improve dengue fever treatment

The Health Ministry has called on central hospitals and provincial health departments to organise training courses on dengue fever diagnosis and treatment at both private and public health centres.
Vietnam reports surge in dengue infections

Vietnam reports surge in dengue infections

Ten people have died and more than 36,000 have been affected by dengue fever since the beginning of the year, according to the report of the Preventive Medicine Department.

See more

Up to 95% of children aged 1-5 living in the city are expected to be vaccinated against measles and rubella this year. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi begins measles vaccination campaign

Hanoi commenced a measles vaccination campaign at health stations in the districts of Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc and Thach That and Son Tay township on October 14.

The working session on vaccine manufacturing cooperation with Sanofi on October 8.(Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese, French firms partner in vaccine production

The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) and Sanofi on October 8 signed a document guiding the cooperation in manufacturing some vaccines of the French pharmaceutical group in the Southeast Asian country.

Providing free health check-ups and medicine to workers. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam, IOM foster cooperation in improving migrants’ health

The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on September 18 signed a memorandum of understanding on strengthening cooperation in enhancing the health and quality of life of migrants, and supporting them in accessing national health systems and policies.

Doctor Jacques Ballout and a Vietnamese apprentice doctor. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese doctors impress French colleagues

Industriousness, enthusiasm, and smartness are the impressions that French doctors have had of their colleagues from the Vietnam – Sweden hospital in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Uong Bi city, who are working at the Pierre Bérégovoy hospital, Nevers city of Nièvre province, under an apprenticeship programme.

Passengers at Noi Bai International Airport (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi tightens control, prevention of monkeypox

The Hanoi Department of Health has asked the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to coordinate with Noi Bai International Airport and relevant units to increase monitoring to promptly detect suspected monkeypox cases at the airport and border gates, especially those returning from countries where the disease is currently spreading.

A doctor gives a dental check-up to a child at the September 7 event in the Czech Republic. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese in Czech Republic join hands for community health

The network of Vietnamese intellectuals and experts, the Vietnamese youths and students association, and the group of Vietnamese doctors and physicians in the Czech Republic have coordinated to offer free health check-ups and consultancy to the Vietnamese community in the country.