The Ministry of Health decided to set up seven delegations to inspect, supervise and direct the prevention and control of dengue fever and hand-foot-and-mouth disease in 14 key provinces and cities in the country.
Last week, the number of dengue fever cases decreased by 32.5 percent compared to the four-week average, with the number of inpatients down 37.6 percent, outpatients down 27.1 percent, and no deaths were recorded.
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control said that although the number of dengue fever cases last week from August 22 to August 28 decreased by more than 21 percent compared to the average of four weeks ago, but it was still higher than the same period in previous years.
Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Ngo Minh Chau and the city's delegation had a working session with Nha Be District on dengue fever prevention on the afternoon of July 26.
A working delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai this morning did a survey of Covid-19 and dengue prevention and control works in District 4.
