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More than 95 percent of Hanoi’s dengue hotbeds under control

Hanoi has put 95.31 percent of dengue hotbeds under control with no new infections in a 14 day period, while the other 240 remained active, according to statistics from the city’s Department of Health.
More than 95 percent of Hanoi’s dengue hotbeds under control ảnh 1Spraying anti-mosquito chemicals in Lang Ha ward of Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has put95.31 percent of dengue hotbeds under control with no new infections in a 14day period, while the other 240 remained active, according to statistics fromthe city’s Department of Health.

The department said on October 23 that thecapital city recorded 862 cases of dengue fever between October 16 and 22, adecrease of 159 cases from the previous week. Twenty-four of 30 districts saw adecline in infections, it added.

It estimated that about 34,450 people havecontracted dengue since the beginning of this year, seven of whom died due tothe disease.

The department’s deputy director Hoang DucHanh warned that the current weather was still favourable for the developmentof mosquitoes. Districts and communes must continue taking preventive measuresto control the disease, he urged.

The Hanoi Preventive Medicine Centrealongside medical centres at Chuong My and My Duc districts are responsible fordirecting environmental cleanups in the districts’ areas affected by floodsearly this month to prevent new outbreaks, he noted.-VNA
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