The season of epidemic outbreaks is strong

At this time, in many localities across the country, outbreaks of outbreaks are strong such as export fever, blood, measles, mumps, chickenpox . The area of ​​the Mekong River Delta is happening dengue fever.

Need sanitation to prevent epidemics (Photo; VNN) At the meeting of the National Steering Committee for SARS and avian influenza prevention and control on the third person, Dr. Trinh Quan Huan - Deputy Minister of Health said: In the first two days of last week, there were 375 more cases, bringing the total number of people with dengue in the first 2 months in this area to over 4,800 people.

Compared to the same period in 2005, the number of people suffering from dengue has increased by 38%. Localities with the highest rate of patients are HCMC, Dong Thap, An Giang, Soc Trang, Tien Giang .

In the northern region, Sin Ho district (Lai Chau province), there are 7 communes that are outbreaks of measles with 65 cases. In particular, children accounted for 60%. The cause identified by district health authorities is that children have not been vaccinated against measles and wet weather to create conditions for disease development.

In addition, during the past time, respiratory infections have appeared all over the country. In Hanoi, 731 students at 12 schools have a fever. The cause is determined by Adeno virus, Rubella, chickenpox, mumps.

Before the epidemic, on March 7, the Ministry of Health will coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to launch the campaign on total sanitation, starting from Ha Tay province. Next, March 14 this campaign was carried out in Quang Nam and March 21 in Tien Giang.

Thu Linh