The dengue fever outbreak has reached its peak in Ho Chi Minh City, with the number of patients contracting the mosquito-born disease rising to 3,000 in the first 9 months of this year, resulting in five deaths.
The HCM City Preventive Medicine Department reported that dengue fever broke out during the rainy season lasting from August to the end of October. In October alone, more than 1,000 people were hospitalised with syndrome of the tropical disease, mostly in Hoc Mon, Thu Duc, Binh Chanh and Tan Binh districts.
The HCM City Preventive Medicine Department reported that dengue fever broke out during the rainy season lasting from August to the end of October. In October alone, more than 1,000 people were hospitalised with syndrome of the tropical disease, mostly in Hoc Mon, Thu Duc, Binh Chanh and Tan Binh districts.
The HCM City Preventive Medicine Department reported that dengue fever broke out during the rainy season lasting from August to the end of October. In October alone, more than 1,000 people were hospitalised with syndrome of the tropical disease, mostly in Hoc Mon, Thu Duc, Binh Chanh and Tan Binh districts.
The Preventive Medicine Centre has asked its branches in all districts to strengthen observation and preventive measures including spraying areas of high incidence and high risk with chemical solutions to kill mosquitoes and mosquito larvae that carry the disease.
