Vietnam: 2022 Dengue

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HCMC sets off alarm sound for dengue outbreak
SGGPFriday, April 22, 2022 21:28

HCMC and Southern localities have seen a rise in dengue cases over the past weeks, including severe cases and fatalities. The health sector issued a warning about the complex situation of this year’s dengue fever.

HCMC reported nearly 4,500 dengue cases, including 109 severe patients who are being treated in hospitals and two deaths by mid-April this year. It rings an alarm bell as the number of severe cases was only 38 out of the total number of 20,000 dengue patients in 2019. The number of dengue cases in this year is higher than the figure of the same period in 2020 and 2021.

According to Associate professor PhD Nguyen Vu Trung, Director of the Pasteur Institute in HCMC, this year’s dengue fever would be complicated due to climate change and an increase in the number of cases at the beginning of the epidemic season. The health sector needs to act urgently to reduce the number of severe cases and deaths and prevent large-scale outbreaks of infectious diseases...

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Dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City prompts red alerts
SGGPFriday, May 20, 2022 08:33
Speaking about the development of dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Executive Director of the city Center for Disease Control Nguyen Hong Tam said that dengue fever in the southern metropolis prompts red alerts.

As of noon on May 19, the city recorded a total of 8,248 cases of dengue fever, an increase of 33.3 percent over the same period last year. Noticeably, the number of severe cases reached 175 cases, an increase of 500 percent over the same period. The number of deaths was 6 people, up 300 percent.

On the afternoon of May 19, the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and economic recovery held a press conference under the chairmanship of Deputy Head of the Steering Committee Pham Duc Hai...

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Dengue fever becomes big concern in southern Vietnam
Xinhua, June 3, 2022

HO CHI MINH CITY, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Dengue fever is a big concern in Ho Chi Minh City as the number of severe cases in January-May has been seven times as high as the same period last year, Vietnam News Agency cited local health authorities as saying on Thursday.

Major dengue fever outbreaks are likely to occur, according to Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health.

Littering at schools may encourage the spread of the disease, as plastic trash can be a place where water could stagnate, vice chairman of the city People's Committee Duong Anh Duc said, urging schools to enhance hygiene measures on campus.

The southern city has recorded more than 10,000 dengue fever infections this year, surging 46.4 percent year on year, said a recent report by local newspaper Tuoi Tre.

Seven people have died from the disease in the five-month period in the southern business hub, while the number of infections has been increasing in 20 of the 22 districts of the city...

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Health Ministry requests vigilance over increase in dengue fever cases
The Ministry of Health has asked for more drastic measures to curb the spread of dengue fever, given a high number of new cases recorded recently.
VNA Monday, June 27, 2022 15:25

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health has asked for more drastic measures to curb the spread of dengue fever, given a high number of new cases recorded recently.

According to the ministry, since the beginning of this year to June 24, Vietnam had reported around 77,000 dengue fever cases, up more than 10,000 cases compared to that in the previous week, and 30 fatalities.

This time is the peak of the disease, with the southern region and several central localities being the hotbeds...

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Number of weekly dengue cases in HCMC continues to rise
SGGPWednesday, June 29, 2022 09:15

The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) yesterday reported that the number of dengue cases was on the rise while the number of hands, foot and mouth disease infections tended to decrease in the 25th week of the year, starting from June 17 to June 23.

Up to now, the city recorded a total of 18,976 dengue cases, an increase of 151.6 percent over the same period with 7,542 cases, comprising 311 severe cases.

After a week, the rate of severe patients to the total number of dengue cases was 1.6 percent, an increase of over four times over the same period with 33 out of 7,542...

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Vietnam dengue fever total tops 100,000

July 13, 2022
by NEWS DESK

In a follow-up on the dengue fever epidemic in Vietnam, according to local reports, as of July 11, the country recorded more than 103,000 cases of dengue fever. This number increased by about 11,000 cases compared to the statistics 1 week earlier. There have been 37 deaths from dengue fever, an increase of one.

http://outbreaknewstoday.com/vietnam-dengue-fever-total-tops-100000/

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Vietnam Tells Hospitals to Prepare as Dengue Fever Cases Surge
By Reuters
July 14, 2022, at 1:14 a.m.

HANOI (Reuters) - Dengue fever cases in Vietnam so far this year have more than doubled compared to the same period in 2021, the health ministry said on Thursday, warning its hospitals to brace for more infections.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease common in Southeast Asia that causes flu-like symptoms and no vaccine is available. Severe forms of it can result in internal bleeding.

Vietnam recorded 89,120 dengue cases in the first six months, up from 35,936 a year earlier, an increase of 148%. Deaths tripled to 34 over the same period....

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HCMC records more than 32,000 dengue fever cases
SGGPWednesday, July 27, 2022 12:00

From the beginning of 2022 to now, Nha Be District has had 59 dengue fever clusters with 574 cases, an increase of 8 percent compared to the same period in 2021, and no deaths. However, in the first two weeks of July alone, there was a sudden increase of 44 dengue fever clusters, an increase of 200 percent. In addition, Nha Be District still has 128 high-risk points that need to be handled.

Mr. Ngo Minh Chau, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of HCMC, said that, according to the data of Nha Be District, an increase of 200 percent is an alarming rate, requiring the district to take drastic measures to prevent the dengue fever epidemic in the remaining six months of 2022. Local leaders must do better in management, grasp the current situation, closely monitor the epidemic situation, and direct agencies and organizations to join hands in the fight against the epidemic...

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Dengue fever kills 41 in first half
By Le Nga August 1, 2022 | 11:19 pm PT
by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

The Heath Ministry said 41 people died of dengue fever in January-June, up 31 cases compared to the same period last year.

In the first six months this year, Vietnam recorded 136,075 dengue fever cases, up three times from the same period last year.

Of them, 41 patients had died, an increase of 31 deaths, Nguyen Trong Khoa, deputy head of the Administration of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Ministry of Health, said at a meeting Tuesday.

Most dengue fever cases and fatalities were recorded in the south, which has experienced the rainy season since late April. The season is normally the peak of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, since there is lot of stagnant water in which mosquito larvae breed.

"Among the dead, 18 were children. Of those, 72 percent were obese," said Khoa...

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Dengue fever incidence rises sharply in Hanoi
By Chi Le August 8, 2022 | 10:13 pm PT

The number of dengue fever cases in Hanoi in the first week of August almost tripled from the previous week to 149.

According to the city Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they were reported in 26 out of the city’s 29 districts.

So far this year Hanoi has reported 608 cases, or double the number in the same period last year. There have been no deaths.

Thanh Nhan General Hospital in Hai Ba Trung District has been admitting around 10 patients a day and Dong Da General Hospital in Dong Da District, five to seven.

The CDC said the number of cases would continue to rise in the coming weeks since it is the rainy season in the north...