Vietnam has so far this year detected 52,321 cases infected with hand-foot-mouth disease, of whom 109 have died.
The Health Ministry said 79.6 percent of the deaths were children under three years old.
Thedisease has occurred in 61 out of 63 Vietnamese cities and provinces,with the southern region being the hardest hit, representing 70.8percent and 90.8 percent, respectively, in terms of infected cases andfatality rate.
By August 14, the Pasteur Institutes in thecountry had reported 1,193 test samples positive with enterovirus (EV)that causes the disease.
Medical experts warned that the diseasewill become more complicated between September and November as currentlythere is no vaccine for the disease that mostly affects children underfive.
They suggested focus on environmental sanitation and dissemination of information on measures to keep personal hygiene.
TheHealth Ministry has granted 22,415kg of Chloramin B to the Ho Chi Minhand Nha Trang Pasteur Institutes and localities to serve decontaminationand prevention work.
The ministry also organised 105 trainingcourses on monitoring, preventing and controlling the disease formedical workers and kindergarten teachers as well as nine conferences toassess the prevention work./.
The Health Ministry said 79.6 percent of the deaths were children under three years old.
Thedisease has occurred in 61 out of 63 Vietnamese cities and provinces,with the southern region being the hardest hit, representing 70.8percent and 90.8 percent, respectively, in terms of infected cases andfatality rate.
By August 14, the Pasteur Institutes in thecountry had reported 1,193 test samples positive with enterovirus (EV)that causes the disease.
Medical experts warned that the diseasewill become more complicated between September and November as currentlythere is no vaccine for the disease that mostly affects children underfive.
They suggested focus on environmental sanitation and dissemination of information on measures to keep personal hygiene.
TheHealth Ministry has granted 22,415kg of Chloramin B to the Ho Chi Minhand Nha Trang Pasteur Institutes and localities to serve decontaminationand prevention work.
The ministry also organised 105 trainingcourses on monitoring, preventing and controlling the disease formedical workers and kindergarten teachers as well as nine conferences toassess the prevention work./.
