Currently, about 75 percent of dengue deaths are adults. There are cases of late arrival at the hospital, which increases the risk of death due to the lack of timely treatment, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) today.
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.
Today, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that this week, Ho Chi Minh City recorded one more death attributed to dengue, bringing the total number of deaths from dengue this year to 18 cases.
Today, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that the number of cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and dengue fever continued to increase in the week from May 20 to May 26.
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 Ministry of Health yesterday sent an urgent dispatch on strengthening the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease to people's committees in cities and provinces.
Following the information that cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children have been recorded in some countries around the world, parents were recommended to let their children undergo liver enzyme tests to find the mysterious virus. However, health experts warn that people who impatiently wanted their children to undergo iver enzyme tests while the tests can only detect liver damage and function but not identify the disease.
The Center for Disease Control in the Central Province of Quang Ngai yesterday said that in the first three months of the year, 203 cases of hand-foot- and mouth were recorded provincewide, 4.3 times higher than the same period last year.
An increasing number of children are becoming infected with the foot, hand, and mouth disease across HCMC as more patients were taken to the Children Hospital No.1 with 222 kids in September 24, said head of the Infection ward Dr. Truong Huu Khanh yesterday.
