Friday, August 20, 2010

Vietnam: Dengue fever in the Dong Nai surge

20/08/2010 06:51

From the beginning of the year, Dong Nai province, 4440 cases of dengue fever, including severe cases higher than the same period last year, and there were three deaths.

Particularly, since the first week until now, patients with signs of increased sharply with 200 cases hospitalized, the total number of dengue cases two weeks ago. Currently the province has 500 patients under treatment in hospitals, where most in Trang Bom district, Xuan Loc and Bien Hoa City.

Article worrying that some local authorities and many people are not interested in throwing away steering wheel, environmental sanitation conditions should the disease spread quickly. Provincial health sector has invited the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City to help research, proposed therapies against dengue effectively, avoid the spread out wide.

Center for Preventive Medicine of Dong Nai provincial people's movement are sprayed, lentils tossed away on a large scale, including a number of key areas. At the same time, organized communication center and the local government proposals the guidance departments, mass prevention and control effectiveness. /.
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