HANOI, Jul 14 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported more than 103,000 cases of dengue fever, so far this year, with 37 deaths, the country’s Ministry of Health said yesterday.
The ministry urged relevant authorities and localities across the country, to launch sanitation campaigns and carry out mosquito-killing tasks once a week, in high-risk areas. It also suggested provincial-level and centrally-run hospitals mobilise resources, to treat severe cases.
In the first six months of this year, Vietnam recorded 89,120 dengue fever cases, a 1.5-fold increase from the same period last year. Total fatalities from Jan to Jun were, 34, up 25 from the same period of 2021.
The southern Ho Chi Minh City was the epicentre, with nearly 25,000 cases and 12 deaths reported over the six-month-period, as the number of severe cases posted a 3.5-fold increase, compared with the same period last year.– NNN-VNA
