Doctor’s recommendations for staying safe from weather-related illnesses
Doctors recommend keeping body hygiene, adequate nutrition, more rest along with vaccination for children are effective measures to prevent seasonal diseases.
Ministry of Health warns of possible outbreaks of dangerous diseases
In its yesterday’s official dispatch to people's committees of provinces and cities on organizing the implementation of the 2023 epidemic prevention plan, the Ministry of Health warned of possible outbreaks of dangerous diseases.
Abnormal surge of dengue fever cases in Mekong Delta
A person has died in Long An Province and others have been affected by dengue fever in the Mekong Delta region since the beginning of 2023.
75 percent of adults succumb to dengue fever
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.
HCMC Vice Chairman reports shortage of vaccines
Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc today said that the city has been bumped into the difficulty in the supply of vaccines, which is in serious shortage.
Vietnam reports 102 dengue deaths in 2022
According to the Ministry of Health, since the beginning of the year, the country has recorded nearly 260,000 cases of dengue fever and 102 deaths are attributed to dengue.
Medical facilities lack treatment medicine for severe dengue patients
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued that since the beginning of 2022, the country has recorded over 190,000 cases of dengue fever, an increase of four times compared to the same period last year. Of these, 72 people were killed by the disease.
HCMC averagely records 86 new cases of Covid-19 daily
Reporting the epidemic in the city, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung said that the city averagely recorded 86 new cases of Covid-19 every day.
HCMC records 18 deaths of dengue fever since beginning of 2022
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.
HCMC records two more deaths from dengue fever
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) yesterday said that the city has recorded 3,025 cases of dengue fever from July 22 to July 28, decreasing 162 cases compared with the average of four weeks ago.
HCMC closely monitoring for monkeypox
After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox as a global health emergency, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has just organized training programs to guide the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of monkeypox cases for nearly 250 students from hospitals and health centers in the city.
HCMC Party Committee Secretary checks dengue fever prevention in Binh Tan Dist.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen and his delegation checked the prevention of dengue fever and the Covid-19 pandemic in Binh Tan District on July 19.
Ho Chi Minh City ready to treat 6,000 cases of dengue fever
This morning, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that it had just formulated a plan to ensure the treatment of 6,000 dengue fever cases in the city following a sharp increase in dengue cases.
HCMC plans to collect cases of dengue fever for treatment
In order to ensure that hospitals are not overloaded with increasing cases of dengue fever, the health sector has developed a scenario for collecting and treating infected people.
Concerns about overlapping dengue and Covid-19 epidemics in residential areas
Because cases of dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City especially in residential areas with many motel rooms, and industrial parks are increasing, there are significant concerns that Covid-19 is currently overlapping with other viruses, particularly dengue.
HCMC records 1,901 criminal violation cases in first six months of 2022
Delegates continued to discuss contents that voters are concerned about, and representatives of departments and units answered questions and reported issues in the sectors under their management at the second meeting of the sixth plenary session of the tenth-tenure People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City on July 7.
Dengue toll rises to 36 in Vietnam, case count now over 92,000
The Ministry of Health yesterday announced that up to now, the country has recorded over 92,000 people with dengue fever and 36 deaths. Compared to the figure of two weeks ago, the number of dengue cases has increased by about 15,000 cases and the number of deaths has increased by six cases.
Dong Nai Province in shortage of HES200 against dengue fever shock
The Department of Health of Dong Nai Province informed that amid the surge of dengue fever infections, many hospitals ordered hydroxyethyl starches HES 200,000 (HES200) and Dextran 40 against dengue fever shock but all of them are out of stock.
Ministry of Health warns peak of dengue epidemic
The Ministry of Health was yesterday warning of the peak of the dengue epidemic period- the rainy season - which is believed that climate is an important factor for dengue transmission.
Hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Southern cities, provinces
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.