(ĐN)- On July 8, Mr Tran Dac Phu, Head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Health Department, had a working session with Dong Nai Department of Health on preventing and fighting dengue fever in the locality.
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| Mr Tran Dac Phu, Head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Health Department, visits Health Station in Long Binh ward, Bien Hoa city. |
(ĐN)- On July 8, Mr Tran Dac Phu, Head of the Health Ministry's Preventive Health Department, had a working session with Dong Nai Department of Health on preventing and fighting dengue fever in the locality.
Phu said the number of dengue fever patients has soared abnormally fast in southern provinces in the first six months, mainly in Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces and HCM city. He stressed that the localities need to work hard to stamp out dengue fever outbreaks.
According to Dong Nai Province's Preventive Health Centre, a total of 1,544 cases of dengue fever have been reported in the province over the last six months, an increase of 84 percent compared to the same period last year. Most of the cases occurred in Bien Hoa city and Trang Bom district.
As vaccines for dengue virus and special medicines for the disease are not available, the best preventive way is to kill mosquitoes by cleaning up reservoirs and homes.
Reported by N.T
