People with chickenpox in Hanoi suddenly increased

Measles has been controlled, other diseases tend to decrease, but people with chickenpox have increased.

At the meeting of the Hanoi Steering Committee for Disease Control and Prevention on the afternoon of May 6, Deputy Director of Hanoi Health Department Hoang Duc Hanh said that from January 1 to May 1, the city had 63 joint deaths. related to measles. Of these 14 cases were directly caused by measles. From 2/5 until now, there have been no deaths. The number of people infected with measles has dropped sharply, on May 6, only 12 new cases were recorded.

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Mr. Hanh informed more, viral encephalitis diseases; cholera has not yet recorded any cases. However, from the beginning of the year until now, Hanoi has more than 860 cases of chickenpox, increasing nearly 600 compared to the same period in 2013.

As a precaution, leaders of Hanoi Department of Health said that it is necessary to do good hygiene and vaccination work. There are 2 vaccines for chickenpox prevention services, the Korean type is priced at over VND 400,000 and the US is priced at over VND 600,000.

In the face of epidemics, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee, Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, required immediate implementation of preventive measures.

For measles, Ms. Ngoc said that although the epidemic has been controlled and greatly reduced the number of new cases, it is not subjective. In 2 days 12 and 15/5 the city will organize measles vaccination for children under 10 years old.

Regarding hand, foot and mouth disease, she asked the health sector to coordinate with the education sector to prevent and pay special attention to kindergartens. Districts also have to strengthen propaganda and disinfection hygiene at public places to avoid spreading the disease in the community.