Chemical spraying to prevent dengue fever (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has reported 955 cases of dengue fever in 261communes, wards and towns across its 30 districts from the outset of the year,a year-on-year decrease of 96.8 percent.
The Department of Health said the city detected 136 new dengue fever casesduring September 17-23.
As the city is now in peak season for dengue fever (from September to November),localities must continue taking preventive measures like cleaning up theenvironment and killing mosquito larvae.
By September 1, nearly 45,600 dengue fever cases had been reported nationwide,according to the Ministry of Health, down more than 30 percent compared to thesame period last year. However, hospitals nationwide have seen an increase inthe number of patients with severe shock caused by dengue fever.
Nine people so far this year have died from dengue fever, most of them live insouthern provinces like Ca Mau, An Giang, Tra Vinh and Dong Nai.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease. The virus is transmitted by femalemosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and to a lesser extent,Ae.albopictus. Dengue is widespread throughout the tropics, with variations inrisk influenced by rainfall, temperature and unplanned rapid urbanisation.
In the past week, the city also saw 12 more cases of measles and 46 cases of hand-foot-mouthdisease, bringing the total cases of these two from the beginning of the yearto 389 and 1,586, respectively.-VNA
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