The Department of Preventive Health reported on August 1 that dengue fever is spreading through out the country.
The capital city of Hanoi has over 500 dengue fever patients and that figure is rising. Medical workers fretted that the density of mosquitoes and unhygienic environmental conditions in many residential blocks would worsen circumstances.
Meanwhile, the disease plagues Mekong delta provinces. Ben Tre’s deputy head of Department of Health, Nguyen Van Thang, reported on August 1 that around 1,800 residents had suffered from the disease, including two fatalities in the province. The province’s General Hospital receives approximately 40 cases a day, while 143 persons have been hospitalized. District Ba Tri has handled most of the cases with over 700 patients.
In Dong Thap province in the heart of the Mekong Delta, three residents died from the pandemic and the rate of infected patients has increased by 36.4 percent compared to the same period last year.
Until now, around 1,005 people have contracted dengue fever in An Giang province to the west, with three of them dying; meanwhile, its neighboring province, Kien Giang, said the province hospitals are treating 800 people suffering from dengue fever, also suffering three casualties.
The number of sick persons in Tra Vinh and Vinh Long are 300 and 400 respectively, with each province registering one fatality.
Ho Chi Minh City will inspect anti–pandemic practices of local medical clinics in 24 districts for two weeks beginning August 1, said Dr. Le Truong Giang, deputy chief of the city Department of Health. Admissions of patients suffering from dengue fever to hospitals in HCMC have been 150 per week.
The highlands province of Kon Tum is treating 332 dengue fever patients, with one dying from the disease.
Medical workers in local preventive health departments and governments have sprayed chemicals to disinfect the environment and told residents to keep their residential quarters clean to prevent the epidemic from spreading further.
