Nghe An: Number of dengue fever cases increases rapidly every day

(Baonghean.vn)- Due to the erratic weather, creating favorable conditions for disease transmission, the number of dengue fever cases in Dien Thinh commune, Dien Chau has continued to increase.

After 10 days of outbreak, the number of dengue fever cases in Dien Thinh commune (Dien Chau) increased day by day with a total of 35 cases in different age groups from the elderly, young people, to children. 7 cases have been cured, 5 cases are being treated in the hospital, the rest are being treated at the commune health station and at home.

To control the epidemic, the leaders of Dien Chau district directly went to Dien Thinh commune to direct the epidemic prevention work, 2 doctors from the general hospital and the district health center were assigned to the commune health station to treat patients. In addition, 12/22 hamlets in Dien Thinh have been sprayed with chemicals to kill mosquitoes and will be completed in the whole commune in the next 2 days.

Ms. Hoang Thi Mai, hamlet 11B, has dengue fever and rash and is being treated at the commune health station.

Mr. Cao Hieu - Vice Chairman of Dien Thinh Commune People's Committee said: After detecting the epidemic with 8 cases on September 30 in hamlet 11B, we coordinated with the medical center to compile statistics and test all cases with fever symptoms in the hamlet and neighboring hamlets. Thereby, along with treating the patients, the epidemic was isolated, and families with infected people were sprayed with chemicals to kill mosquitoes.

However, due to the erratic weather, high humidity, Aedes mosquitoes emerged very quickly, causing the epidemic to spread to 2 more hamlets and now has increased to 35 cases. After receiving 160 liters of mosquito-killing chemicals, in the past 3 days, spraying has been carried out in the entire commune. On October 9, no new patients were detected.

Spraying chemicals to kill mosquitoes is being deployed synchronously throughout Dien Thinh commune.

Along with Dien Thinh, to prevent outbreaks in old epidemic areas such as Dien Bich and Dien Ngoc, localities have organized campaigns to clean the environment, kill mosquitoes and larvae to cut off the source of disease transmission. Medical staff have been sent to the grassroots to closely monitor epidemic prevention.

Mai Giang