On the afternoon of October 16, the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City took place a briefing meeting on measles prevention.At the meeting of Dr. Luong Chan Quang, Head of the Department of Control and Prevention of Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City said that measles so far recorded most of the children appear in young children, less contagious to adults, as prescribed by the place of recognition.2 or more shifts are considered outbreaks.
According to Dr. Quang, in the southern region, an adult in the factory has not provided information about the factory with measles outbreak.
On the other hand, according to Dr. Quang more than 50% of the measles cases, which were discovered by localities in the south, was transferred to treatment in Ho Chi Minh City, this is the factor that caused the number of cases in the city to not decrease even though the vaccination rate has reached the degree.Covered at a high level.
Children with treatment at Children's Hospital 1 HCMC
Information from Dr. Le Hong Nga, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Disease Control Center (HCDC) said that the number of measles of the city last week began to be lower than the previous week, but still high.
Since the beginning of the year, the city has recorded more than 1,000 measles, of which 4 deaths.The 1-5-year-old child accounts for the highest proportion of 35%, not much reduced.However, the 11-17-year-old group is gaining a very rapid increase.The number of cases over the age of 18 also showed signs of increasing.
Facing the situation on Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee asked localities to continue carefully reviewing and vaccinating for children who were missed, because the number of cases was not as expected.
In particular, there are districts very high in vaccination rates but the number of cases still increases.Therefore, the police and education sector must coordinate with the health sector, the Steering Committee for epidemic prevention and control of the districts to rectify and have appropriate solutions, help the city to announce all the epidemic soon.