Vietnam approves first traditional medicine to treat Covid-19
Vietnam has approved the first traditional medicine for treating respiratory tract viral infections, including flu and mild Covid-19.
HCMC records 29 dengue deaths this year
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that in the past week, the number of dengue fever cases decreased by 21.7 percent compared to the average of four weeks ago, but still higher than the same period in previous years. Worse, 29 people succumbed to the disease this year.
Vaccination most effective measure to prevent Covid-19 epidemic, flu: Doctor
Dr. Phung Nguyen The Nguyen, Children's Hospital No. 1’s Head of Pediatrics Department said that vaccination is the best and most effective measure to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, Japanese encephalitis, and seasonal flu.
PM: health sector must direct to well control Covid-19 and other diseases
At the yesterday ceremony to congratulate acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long who has been appointed as health minister, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed that in the upcoming time, the new health minister must direct to well control Covid-19 and other diseases including diphtheria, dengue and seasonal flu.
Vietnamese pregnant woman dies of seasonal flu
Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi confirmed a death of a pregnant woman with twin hailing from the north central province of Thanh Hoa due to seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses.
Woman in HCMC dies of seasonal flu
The Preventive Medicine Center in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday said that a 38 year old woman in Tan Phu District died of seasonal flu.