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.
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.
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.
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.