Nghe An: Dengue fever epidemic is still complicated
(Baonghean.vn) - Although many preventive measures have been implemented, the number of new dengue fever patients has not decreased at this time. The epidemic is developing complicatedly; circulating and increasing rapidly in coastal districts/cities.
The epidemic has not yet subsided.
Information from Nghe An Center for Disease Control: Since the beginning of the year, the whole province has had 1,130 patients with dengue fever, including 200 imported patients and 930 domestic patients. Of all the infected patients, 02 patients have died.Dengue feverhas appeared in 15 localities in the province.
Compared to 1 week ago (September 8, 2022), Nghe An has had 244 new dengue fever patients, including 20 new imported patients and 224 new domestic patients. The average number of new domestic patients per day is 32 people/day. This rate is equivalent to the rate of new patients in the first week of September 2022 (the highest since the beginning of 2022)... No new districts/cities/towns have had new dengue fever patients.
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Many patients with dengue fever are being actively treated at the Nghe An Tropical Disease Center. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Situationdengue feverThe internal number in districts/cities/towns is as follows: Quynh Luu has 370 infected patients, an increase of 111 patients compared to last week; Dien Chau has 264 infected patients, an increase of 73 patients; Nghi Loc has 149 infected patients, an increase of 9 patients; Hoang Mai has 66 infected patients, an increase of 15 patients; Hung Nguyen has 20 infected patients, an increase of 2 patients; Yen Thanh has 19 infected patients, an increase of 5 patients.
Thanh Chuong has 18 infected patients, an increase of 5 patients; Anh Son has 12 infected patients, an increase of 2 patients; Quy Hop has 3 infected patients, no new patients; Nghia Dan has 2 infected patients, no new patients; Cua Lo has 2 infected patients, an increase of 01 patient; Do Luong has 2 infected patients, an increase of 01 patient; Vinh city has 1 infected patient, no new patients; Quy Chau has 1 infected patient, no new patients; Con Cuong has 1 infected patient, no new patients.
Statistics have shown that the dengue fever situation in Nghe An has not decreased, the epidemic is still very complicated. The epidemic is mainly increasing, circulating in localities with old outbreaks, especially coastal districts/towns.
Dengue fever is an acute infectious disease. The disease is caused by the Dengue virus. Dengue fever is transmitted from person to person by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. The disease often appears and causes epidemics during the rainy season, in densely populated areas with poor environmental sanitation. Anyone can get the disease. When there are unusual signs of health or signs of the disease, people need to go to medical facilities for timely diagnosis and treatment; do not self-treat at home.
Disease prevention must be more effective
On September 9, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held an online meeting to strengthen disease prevention and control in the area in the coming time. The main content was to deploy solutions to prevent dengue fever.
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| Propaganda for people about dengue fever in Dien Chau district. Photo: Thanh Chung |
At the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long requested: Districts, cities and towns to establish and strengthen Steering Committees for epidemic prevention at all levels; resolutely direct departments, branches and organizations to participate in the work of preventing and controlling dengue fever; develop and implement the Plan "Controlling points of risk of causing dengue fever" in the locality.
Districts, cities and towns need to continue to promote the integration of environmental sanitation activities to prevent and control epidemics into other regular activities; deploy practical activities to communicate dengue fever prevention; regularly inspect and strictly handle individuals, units and organizations that intentionally do not follow dengue fever prevention guidelines; proactively arrange their budget to carry out epidemic prevention tasks.
Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, localities are currently urgently implementing solutions to prevent dengue fever. Mr. Thai Phan At - Director of Dien Chau District Medical Center said: The whole district currently has 9 communes and towns recording dengue fever patients, of which 03 communes have gone through 14 days without new patients (Dien Loc, Dien Lam and Dien Hong). 6 communes and towns with new patients include: Dien Thanh, Dien Thinh, Dien Chau town, Dien Ngoc, Dien Bich and Dien Tan.
Dien Chau has been actively directing all communes and towns in the district to continue to strengthen the steering committee for dengue fever prevention, assigning specific tasks to each member; develop prevention plans suitable to the actual situation of the locality; strengthen environmental sanitation regularly and immediately after the flood ends, clear sewers, drain water, and destroy mosquito nests.throw mosquito larvae; spray chemicals to kill adult mosquitoes; strengthen communication and mobilize people to participate in implementing measures to prevent dengue fever, avoid mosquito bites, and not buy medicine for treatment on their own; mobilize the entire political system to participate in drastic direction, mobilize all resources to effectively prevent the epidemic; assign responsibility to the heads of Party committees and authorities in the work of preventing dengue fever.
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| Spraying chemicals to kill adult mosquitoes to prevent dengue fever. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Similarly, Hoang Mai town has also been strengthening measures to prevent and control the spread of the epidemic in the town. Mr. Ho Sy Duong - Director of Hoang Mai Town Medical Center said: The town is stepping up the implementation of environmental sanitation measures, eliminating the reservoirs of helminths.larvae, carry out chemical spraying to treat the environment in key areas such as markets, collective kitchens, restaurants... in 10 communes,Wards across the town, especially in the four wards with domestic dengue fever cases; direct localities to proactively prepare chemicals to spray as soon as cases are detected to cut off the chain of infection; strengthen communication to inform people about disease prevention methods.
In general, at this time, localities in the province are urgently implementing solutions to prevent dengue fever. However, statistics show that the epidemic prevention work has not yet met the requirements.
Nghe An has just entered the rainy season (a suitable condition for dengue fever vectors to enter, grow and develop), the risk of dengue fever outbreak is very high. All levels, sectors and all people need to continue to thoroughly grasp the prevention viewpoint "The risk of dengue fever is always present everywhere, so proactively preventing dengue fever is a regular task of all individuals and organizations", so that prevention activities are more effective.
There is currently no specific treatment or vaccine for dengue fever. Therefore, the most effective way to prevent the disease is to avoid mosquito bites. When sleeping, people should sleep under mosquito nets, impregnated with chemicals; spray mosquito repellent and burn mosquito coils in the house. In addition, it is necessary to clean the house, clear bushes around the house and collect waste, unclog sewers; kill larvae in water containers, and turn over unused water containers; regularly clean and clear stagnant water... Everyone needs to remember: Without mosquitoes, there is no dengue fever. Killing mosquitoes not only eliminates the intermediate factor that transmits the disease from sick people to healthy people; but also eliminates pathogens when mosquitoes have the ability to transmit the Dengue virus to the next generation.
