Today, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that last week, the number of dengue fever cases in the city decreased by 24.2 percent compared to the average of 4 weeks ago; however, it is still high compared to the same period of the years. Worse, 29 people succumbed to the fatal disease.
According to the Ministry of Health, from the beginning of this year to July 19, Vietnam recorded more than 113,000 dengue cases, up more than 10,000 cases compared to the previous week, and 39 fatalities.
HCMC reported two more deaths due to dengue fever in Go Vap and Binh Tan districts, bringing its total number of confirmed dengue-related deaths to 13, the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC) announced on July 11.
Increased cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) and dengue fever have been reported in HCMC in the first 20 weeks of this year, said the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC) on May 24.
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control yesterday said that cases of dengue dropped to 528 last week, a decrease of 34.6 percent compared to the average number in the prior four weeks.
Dengue cases in the Southern Province of Binh Duong dropped nearly three times compared to the same period last year, according to the provincial Department of Health.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore has said the weekly number of dengue cases in the island state has reached a record high, with 895 people diagnosed in nearly six days, surpassing the 891 infections reported for one week in 2014.
The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, the number of reported dengue cases has surged to 250,000 and 49 people succumbed to the disease as of November.
The number of dengue cases in the Philippines has surged to 188,000 with 807 deaths in the first eight months of this year, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) reported on August 20.
