The case of measles has just died is a 12 -month -old girl, living in Linh Chieu Ward, Thu Duc City.According to history, children have not been vaccinated from measles due to malnutrition and disability of congenital lungs.
Measles are complicated, the community needs to strengthen preventive measures and proactively vaccinations for children
Children are diagnosed with measles, treated at Children's Hospital 2 from November 20 to 28, 2024 with diagnosis of blood infection - severe pneumonia.Although doctors have tried to cure, the condition of severe illness, the patient died.
From the case of the above death, the Department of Health warned that measles was complicated and caused many dangers for patients, especially the young group.To protect the community, the health sector is vaccinating measles for children from 6 to under 9 months of age and additional injections for children with congenital and chronic diseases.
Information from the infectious disease monitoring system shows that, in the week 48 (November 25 - December 1, 2024), the number of measles cases in the city continued to increase with 319 cases of measles (increasing 58,1%) compared to the average 4 weeks ago.Since the beginning of the year, the city has recorded 2,438 measles cases, there have been 4 deaths.
In addition, the number of cases from other provinces treated in hospitals in the city also increased with 574 cases (up 29.3%) compared to the average of 4 weeks ago, including 342 cases of treatment.boarding.Since the beginning of the year, the number of measles accumulated from other provinces is 4,242 cases, including 3,219 boarding cases and has recorded a death case.