The above information was said by the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City about the situation of dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City.
Dengue chart by week 2024 compared to 2020 to 2023 in the southern region
According to the Department of Health, from the beginning of the year until now, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 12,013 cases of dengue fever, down 27.8% compared to the same period in 2023 (16,636 cases).Notably, Ho Chi Minh City is the province and city with the highest number of dengue cases in the South, accounting for 25% of the total number of cases of the region.
The monitoring data of the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute shows that in the southern region from the beginning of the year until now, 44,980 cases, down 26.4% over the same period in 2023.
Water -containing items at the construction sites are one of the favorable places for mosquitoes
Although the number of cases decreased compared to last year, from 37 weeks to now, the number of cases in the city has tended to increase continuously with a case of dengue death.
The Department of Health added that through monitoring the risk points causing epidemics, the Center for Disease Control Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) has discovered many points with larvae, showing the risk of dengue epidemic appearance appeared throughout the area.place.This risk is associated with the daily life of each family, present from the inner city to the suburbs, in all districts, wards and communes.Therefore, if there is no drastic measures, the risk of dengue fever will continue to increase.
Recently, dengue vaccine has been licensed to use in Vietnam, helping to prevent effectively, reduce the risk of disease, limit hospitalization and serious illness.However, vaccination is only part of the dengue prevention strategy.Mosquito bita prevention and removal measures should be maintained regularly, even when vaccinated.
In order to strengthen the prevention and control of dengue fever in the last months of the year, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City requested the district health centers, ward and commune health stations to conduct surveys and treatment of cases and driveThoroughly dengue fever in the area.
The Department of Health also asked the People's Committees of districts, wards and communes to continue implementing drastic activities such as maintaining the abandonment of the reproductive place of mosquitoes transmitting disease, promoting the communication to prevent epidemics and sanctions.Administrative violations in disease prevention.In addition, the education sector needs to strengthen epidemic prevention activities in schools, especially preventing water containing water and mosquitoes;At the same time, organize monitoring of diseases and communication for parents.
For departments, agencies, the Department of Health emphasizes the risk of dengue fever that can appear anywhere, just a water container for a few days can become a reproductive place for mosquitoes.Therefore, each activity of agencies needs to assess the impact on the environment and the risk of disease, thereby having appropriate solutions.
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City emphasized that each individual and family should actively check and remove stores that can generate larvae.When a family member appears to have suspected dengue fever, it is necessary to immediately take to the medical facility for diagnosis and timely treatment.