Asian countries are suffering because of serious disease outbreaks

- China, Japan and Bangladesh are witnessing widespread epidemics of respiratory diseases, bird flu and dengue fever, causing hospitals to be overwhelmed.

Bird flu outbreak in Japan

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said about 40,000 poultry were culled, after an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu was confirmed at a farm in Kashima city. This also marks the first reported bird flu outbreak in Japan this fall and winter.

Preventive measures have been taken including culling all 40,000 poultry at the affected farm, and restricting the transport of poultry and egg products within a 10km radius from the epicenter of the epidemic area. outside areas.

Authorities also tested 255,000 poultry at 12 other farms to prevent infection.

Bird flu epidemics in Japan usually start in October every year. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested relevant agencies, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, to coordinate closely and quickly deploy thorough preventive measures to deal with the avian flu epidemic.

China grapples with an outbreak of respiratory diseases

Spokesperson of China's National Health Commission Mi Feng said children's hospitals are overloaded, with the number of cases of influenza virus as well as rhinovirus, mycoplasma pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ) and adenovirus, spike.

Specifically, most children aged 5-14 years old are infected with mycoplasma pneumoniae (one of the causes of pneumonia that often affects young children), while the remaining children are mainly infected with viruses such as RSV, adenovirus and influenza virus.

Chinese media reported long lines at outpatient and inpatient pediatric clinics across the country, with many hospitals having to continuously work overtime to cope with the sharp increase in the number of patients. Typically, Tianjin Children's Hospital has been operating around the clock, receiving more than 13,000 pediatric patients per day in its outpatient and emergency departments, a record high.

The Civil Aviation General Hospital in Beijing also said last week its pediatric outpatient clinic handled 550 to 650 examinations per day, up 30 to 50 percent over the same period last year.

The increase in respiratory diseases caused the WHO to express concern, asking China to provide more information about the outbreak in the northern regions of the country.

In its response, China said there was no new or unusual pathogen behind the spike.

Bangladesh is suffering from dengue fever

On November 26, Bangladesh reported 971 more dengue cases and 6 new deaths, bringing the total number of infections to 308,167 and the death toll to nearly 1,600 this year.

According to data from the Bangladesh Ministry of Health, 36,992 dengue cases have been recorded in November so far. Previously, nearly 68,000 cases were reported in October.

Of the nearly 1,600 deaths, 250 were recorded in November.

Currently, the total number of dengue patients who have recovered this year in this country is 302,974, including 1,297 new cases discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours.

* SOURCE: https://www.phunuonline.com.vn/cac-nuoc-chau-a-khon-don-vi-dich-benh-bung-phat-nghiem-trong-a1506495.html