A doctor provides medical checkup for a child patient with measles (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – New cases ofcommunicable diseases in Ho Chi Minh City have gradually declined, but thefigure stayed at a high level, said the municipal Preventive Medicine Centre.
From the start of the year to the end ofFebruary, the city recorded 8,480 cases of dengue fever, a rise of 264 percentyear-on-year.
Meanwhile, in the first two months of 2019,there were up to 1,206 measles cases in the city, compared to only two cases inthe same period last year.
The high number of measles cases is causedby a low vaccination rate. A survey of the city’s Preventive Medicine Centreshowed that 95 percent of the patients have not been vaccinated, with 50percent between the ages of 18 months and 10 years.
HCM City also recorded 368 cases ofhand-foot-and-mouth disease, a year-on-year rise of 43 percent.
Director of the city’s Preventive MedicineCentre Nguyen Tri Dung said the number of new cases have been on a slowdecline.
From the start of the year to the end ofFebruary, the city recorded 8,480 cases of dengue fever, a rise of 264 percentyear-on-year.
Meanwhile, in the first two months of 2019,there were up to 1,206 measles cases in the city, compared to only two cases inthe same period last year.
The high number of measles cases is causedby a low vaccination rate. A survey of the city’s Preventive Medicine Centreshowed that 95 percent of the patients have not been vaccinated, with 50percent between the ages of 18 months and 10 years.
HCM City also recorded 368 cases ofhand-foot-and-mouth disease, a year-on-year rise of 43 percent.
Director of the city’s Preventive MedicineCentre Nguyen Tri Dung said the number of new cases have been on a slowdecline.
Accordingly, in late February, there were 570 and 130 new cases ofdengue and measles per week, down from 880 and 200 the previous month,respectively. –VNA
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