Measles, dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease are the diseases that tend to increase in the last months of the year, when the weather starts to become cold, rainy, at the same time with the time when children enter the new school year.
Specifically, last week, Ho Chi Minh City noted that hand, foot and mouth disease increased more than 23% compared to the previous month, with 437 cases a week.Binh Chanh district, Nha Be district and District 8 have a high average number of cases.
Ho Chi Minh City also recorded 411 cases of dengue fever, an increase of nearly 20%, bringing the total number of cases from the beginning of the year to nearly 8,200.District 1, Thu Duc City and District 7 have high average numbers.
The number of children with measles continues to increase rapidly
Worth mentioning, Ho Chi Minh City also has 141 measles in the past week, the highest level ever, an increase of more than 60% compared to the average of the previous month.In the past weeks, the number of macadamia of Ho Chi Minh City fluctuated around the level of 100. This number of measles shifts accumulated from the beginning of the year to 967.
The districts have a high number of cases including Thu Duc City, Cu Chi District, Binh Chanh District, Binh Tan District, Tan Phu District, District 12, Hoc Mon District, Tan Binh District, District 1, District 4, Binh District.Thanh, Can Gio district, Nha Be district, Phu Nhuan district.
Ho Chi Minh City has launched a measles vaccine campaign to raise community immunity, from August 31, a few days after the People's Committee announced measles.
According to the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, up to now, 98% of children have not been injected with enough measles vaccine.
Let children vaccinate measles at the right age to prevent disease, reduce complications
By the end of October 7, the total number of measles vaccines accumulated in the city is 213,840 nose.Of which, 96.95% of children aged 1-5 were injected;Children from 6-10 years old are 97.99%.The campaign to vaccinate and prevent measles epidemics reached 98% as planned.
Currently, 6 districts with measles vaccine rate have not reached 95% including: Binh Tan District, District 10, Go Vap District, Tan Phu District, District 3 and Can Gio District.