Recommendations for disease prevention during the rainy season
The North Central and Central coastal provinces are in a state of serious flooding, and diseases during the rainy season can easily break out.
According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, during and after storms and floods, countless microorganisms, dust, garbage, waste, etc., flow into many places with the water, causing environmental pollution and potential epidemic risks. Common epidemics during the rainy season include dengue fever, malaria, gastrointestinal diseases such as cholera, dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea, foot rot, flu, pink eye, etc.
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Therefore, the Department of Preventive Medicine recommends that people take the following disease prevention measures:
- Ensure safe and hygienic food selection and preparation, eat cooked food and boiled water.
- Wash your hands regularly with soap before and after preparing food, before eating and after using the toilet.
- Daily personal hygiene, wash feet and dry between toes after contact with flood water or contaminated water.
- Destroy larvae/wigglers, kill mosquitoes by covering tanks, water containers, putting fish in large water containers, removing waste such as bottles, jars, car tires... or natural water holes to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs.
- Use mosquito nets when sleeping even during the day.
- Clean water tanks, wells, and water containers. Use chemicals to disinfect drinking water and domestic water according to the instructions of medical staff.
- Clean up as water drains, collect, treat and bury animal carcasses according to the instructions of medical staff.
- When there are signs of suspected infection, you need to go to the nearest medical facility for examination and treatment.
