According to the Department of Health, from the beginning of the year to August 4, 2024, in the city, 505 cases of measles rash, including 262 positive test cases (patients with provincial provincial and city patients accounted for 50%);3 children die.
Children with measles are examined at Children's Hospital 1 (Ho Chi Minh City)
Notably, from 2021-2023, the whole city has only 1 positive test.
Currently, there are 14 districts and districts in recording measles shift;8 districts with 2 wards and communes or more have cases.Of the 116 cases, 27.6% are children under 9 months old, 78.4% are children under 5 years old.The number of patients who have not been vaccinated or has not had enough measles vaccine accounts for 66% and 30% of unknown history of vaccination.
Also according to the statistics of the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, as of July 28, in the southern region, there were 1,147 cases of measles rash were reported, including 481 cases with positive tests (shift).;The number of measles rashes increased by 5.5 times compared to the same period in 2023.
Facing the rapid increase of measles cases, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City instructed the district health centers to promote compensation and dredging activities for children in vaccination;Actively review children living in the area and Gia Dinh consultants take children to vaccinate measles and vaccines in the expanded immunization program.
Directing the Ho Chi Minh City Disease Control Center (HCDC) to coordinate with the concerned units to deploy a network of disease supervision, vaccination activities and disease prevention communication.In addition, the Department of Health also requires hospitals to implement the regulations on infection control, not to cause cross -contamination in the hospital;Ensuring full reserves of treatment, infusion, equipment ... serving the collection of patient treatment.At the same time, the hospital is assigned to manage patients to review the history of vaccination for patients with congenital pathogens and background pathologies;Organize vaccinations at the hospital for children who are eligible for vaccination and vaccinate for family members of unqualified children.
In particular, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has advised the People's Committee to issue a plan to proactively respond to measles epidemics and deploy the campaign for additional injection of measles vaccines for children from 1 to 5 years old.
Previously, on August 8, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City issued a proposal No. 7704People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City seeConsidering the decision on the plan of announcing the epidemic and promulgating the plan to proactively respond to measles epidemics.At the same time, deploying the campaign for additional measles vaccination for children from 1 to 5 years old.
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City recommends measles as an infectious infectious disease that is transmitted by respiratory tract with characteristic manifestations such as fever, respiratory tract infection, conjunctivitis and rash.The disease can lead to many complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis, otitis media, corneal ulcer, diarrhea .... even death.
Measles also affects the body's immune system, which can make the body "forget" how to resist self -resistance to infections and make children become weak and prone to disease.Young children have not vaccinated, malnourished children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems are people at risk of serious complications if measles.
Everyone can get measles, but the disease is mostly seen in children under 5 years old.Children who are not vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated are the first object of measles and become a "bridge" to infect those around them, including adults who have not yet been vaccinated before, children have not yet been vaccinated, young children have notAt the age of measles vaccination and even those who have given 2 shots.Only when the immune rate in the community reaches over 95% with 2 doses of vaccines, measles can be controlled.