Số ca mắc sốt xuất huyết tăng, tay chân miệng giảm

On October 26, the Hanoi Department of Health said that from October 19 to October 25, there were 452 cases of dengue fever, distributed in 188 communes, wards and towns (an increase of 82 schools). compared with the previous week).

Accumulated from the beginning of 2020, there have been 4,499 cases of dengue fever, of which 2 cases died.

The city also recorded 49 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (down 58 cases from the previous week). From the beginning of 2020, there have been 2,936 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, no death cases.

According to the Hanoi Department of Health, the current weather is a favorable condition for the development of dengue fever epidemic. Therefore, the units need to proactively implement measures to prevent and combat dengue fever, such as: environmental sanitation, killing rodents and spraying chemicals to kill mosquitoes. Besides, strengthening propaganda for people to coordinate implementation of prevention and control of epidemic diseases in winter - spring.

According to the new Hanoi