(ĐN)- Dong Nai has recorded more than 2,000 cases of dengue fever since early this year, nearly 50 percent higher than that of the same period last year, according to the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.
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(ĐN)- Dong Nai has recorded more than 2,000 cases of dengue fever since early this year, nearly 50 percent higher than that of the same period last year, according to the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.
Bien Hoa city, Trang Bom and Nhon Trach districts have reported the highest number of dengue cases.
The number of dengue-infected patients tends to rise from mid of May and forecasted to increase rapidly until the end of this year. The weather turns to more dangerous with more heat waves and heavy rains, creating optimal conditions for mosquitoes to reproduce.
The province’s health sector is launching mosquito larva killing campaigns in an effort to prevent the disease’s spread.
Reported by H.D
