Situation of Covid-19 epidemic, dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City

Dengue fever epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City is in season, many places are at risk of having larvae that can cause epidemics if not handled thoroughly.

The Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) has just reported on the prevention of Covid-19 and dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City.

Regarding the Covid-19 epidemic, from 16:00 on June 9 to 16:00 on June 10, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 3 new cases of Covid-19. Currently, hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are treating 64 cases, of which 20 need respiratory support.

HCDC urged, to prevent the disease, people need to continue to strictly implement the V2K message (disinfection, masks and full vaccination, especially those in risk groups).

Regarding the dengue epidemic, the HCDC's monitoring team last week went to monitor the prevention of dengue fever in a number of districts. As in Hiep Binh Chanh Ward, Thu Duc City is one of the wards with a high number of dengue cases in Thu Duc City, the delegation has monitored 6 risk points, of which 4 have been detected. cast, accounting for 67%.

Hiep Thanh Ward, District 12 is the ward with the highest number of cumulative dengue cases in District 12 in 2023 up to this point. The team monitored 4 risk points, of which 2 had larva, accounting for 50%.

According to HCDC, Ho Chi Minh City is entering the rainy season, through monitoring and prevention of dengue fever, HCDC has noted that localities still have many risk points for larvae. The review, classification and treatment of risk points is very important, requiring the participation of local authorities and people. Treating the breeding ground of disease-transmitting mosquitoes is a very basic solution to control dengue fever.

HCDC suggested that health stations need to strengthen the review, assessment and classification of risk points according to the new guidance of HCDC, thereby advising on the risk point monitoring plan to submit to the People's Committees of wards and communes to assign personnel to carry out the implementation. presently. Health centers and health departments of districts have increased the dissemination of risk scores on the "Online Health" app when detecting unresolved risk scores.

In addition to the efforts of the authorities at all levels, the HCDC calls on every citizen to actively prevent dengue fever; It is necessary to proactively detect and treat containers that can collect water in each of their living and working places so that mosquitoes have no place to breed, contributing to protecting the health of themselves, their families and the community.

Accordingly, every week, spend 10-15 minutes to clean up water-stagnation waste, change vase water, scrub and turn over containers used in daily life such as buckets, pots, and basins for outdoor use.

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