Around 20,000 cases of dengue fever, including 12 deaths, have been reported in the country this year, a rapid increase over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Health's General Department of Preventive Medicine on Wednesday. In only Ha Noi, 820 cases were reported.
Around 20,000 cases of dengue fever, including 12 deaths, have been reported in the country this year, a rapid increase over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Health's General Department of Preventive Medicine on Wednesday. In only Ha Noi, 820 cases were reported.
The number of dengue fever cases is increasing mostly in southern and central regions, such as HCM City, and Dong Nai and Soc Trang provinces, according to the department's director Tran Dac Phu.
Four different types of dengue fever virus strains exist.
(Source:VNS)
