Beware of many diseases in season.

Dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, viral encephalitis, meningitis … are ‘in season’ diseases with the number of cases increasing each day.

One case of a patient with hand, foot and mouth disease must be hospitalized for treatment. According to the health report in April 2021, just sent by the Ministry of Health to the Office of the Government, in April, the country recorded 64 cases of viral encephalitis, including 1 death in Ben province. Bamboo. It is also the first case of death from viral encephalitis this year. Cumulative since the beginning of the year, the country has recorded 145 cases of viral encephalitis, equivalent to the same period in 2020. In addition, this month also recorded 2 cases of meningitis due to meningococcal tissue but no death case. Cumulative since the beginning of the year, the country has recorded 8 cases of meningitis caused by meningococcal tissue (an increase of 4 cases compared to the same period last year), of which 1 case died in Ho Chi Minh City. Also in this month, the country recorded 3,728 cases of dengue fever, 2 fatalities. Accumulating from the beginning of the year up to now, the country has recorded 19,710 cases of dengue fever, 5 deaths in Binh Duong (1); Phu Yen (2); Soc Trang (1), HCMC (1). Compared to the same period in 2020, the number of cases has decreased by 16.3%, but deaths increased by 1 case. In addition, hand, foot and mouth disease in the country this month recorded 8,705 cases and 3 deaths. Cumulative from the beginning of the year until now, the whole country has recorded 20,756 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, 4 deaths in Dak Lak (1); Kien Giang (2); An Giang (1). Compared to the same period in 2020, the number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease nationwide has increased by 1.9 times. With suspected measles fever, the whole country also recorded 69 cases, of which 17 cases were positive, there was no death. Accumulated from the beginning of this year, the country has recorded 173 cases of suspected measles fever, of which 21 cases were positive, and no deaths were recorded. Compared to the same period in 2020, the number of cases decreases by 12.8%, the number of positive cases decreases 156 cases. According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam is a tropical country, circulating many infectious diseases transmitted by insects, including viral encephalitis, especially in the summer, the season suitable for insect transmission. Viral encephalitis is a dangerous condition caused by a variety of viruses, often causing damage to the brain, resulting in neurological sequelae and high mortality. In order to proactively prevent and fight epidemics in the summer of 2021, the Ministry of Health has sent an official letter to the Department of Health of the provinces and cities to strengthen surveillance, early detection, isolation and thorough treatment of outbreaks. at the same time take samples for testing to determine the causative agent. In particular, the provinces / cities must step up the expanded vaccination, ensuring the rate of over 95% of the commune, ward and town scale and organize the campaign of environmental sanitation, mosquito elimination, and larvae. .