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There were outbreaks of measles in distant and remote districts and big city with a large number of children such as Ho Chi Minh, the southern provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Hanoi , the northern provinces of Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Dien Bien, lai Chau, Son La and the central province of Nghe An. Amongst these above-mentioned localities, total 114 cases of measles were recorded in 20 districts of Hanoi since the start of 2019 whereas as it had been eight cases in the same period of 2018. Measles has developed complicatedly in the first week of 2019 globally especially in the US and Ukraine. Specifically, Ukraine reported over 8,498 cases, highest number in January, 2019 while the disease re-occurred in big cities in the US including Atlanta, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rockland County, Rochester in early 2019. US government declared a state of emergency for the entire state in a bid to mobilize all sources and efforts in the fight of measles. Scientists said that measles … [Read more...] about Cases of measles skyrocketing in Vietnam

These days just before Tet till now, over 100 pigs died without clear reason in Thanh Phu Commune, the communal People Committee in Co Do District yesterday said. Breeders threw away dead pigs into canals and rivers and dead animal carcasses have produced a flush of flies. Deputy Chairman of Thanh Phu Commune People’s Committee Cao Long Ho said that local forces of the commune and the district authorities have been fishing the carcasses four days; they fished tens to 20 dead pigs a day averagely. So far, animal health agency has popularized ways to bury dead animal carcasses to residents. Although reports about massive dead pigs have been sent to the province’s Animal Health Department, the cause of the deaths hasn’t been verified. According to experienced breeders, the animal died of food-mouth disease.By TUAN QUANG. - Translated by HAI SON … [Read more...] about Pig dies en mass in Can Tho City possibly because of foot- mouth disease

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus was reported in 19 cities and provinces nationwide in January, affecting 3,479 heads, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The ministry further said that on February 8, 17 pigs in Trieu Van commune of Trieu Phong district in the central province of Quang Tri contracted the virus, and the figure rapidly rose to 78 one day later. Along with culling the affected pigs, local authorities provided 100 litres of anti-bacterial chemicals and FMD vaccines to local farmers. At the same time, pig herds in Trieu Thuong commune of Trieu Phong district as well as Vinh Son commune of Vinh Linh district, and Gio Linh district also suffered from the virus. Meanwhile, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, many FMD cases were discovered in Dong Trieu, Uong Bi and Binh Lieu district, posing high risk of spreading to other localities. The MARD has requested the localities to … [Read more...] about Foot-and-mouth disease reported in 19 localities

The hospital has admitted several patients suffering critical seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses including the pregnant woman. Head of the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit Dr. Dao Xuan Co said four newly-admitted patients who suffered seasonal flu ailment were in bad condition with serious breathing problem; accordingly, physicians had to apply man-made lung and heart technique to save them. However, one of them, the pregnant woman, succumbed to the disease. Moreover, doctors worried about the condition of a 64-year-old man in Hanoi who was put on ventilator. His relative said that he was suffering continuous high fever, dry cough, breathing problem plus chest pain. He was rushed to a district medical clinic where he was diagnosed to have pneumonia. His took drugs for several days but his condition did not abate. Physicians of Bach Mai Hospital diagnosed him to have acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by influenza pneumonia. His health is in … [Read more...] about Vietnamese pregnant woman dies of seasonal flu

The isolated area for measles patients at Hanoi's Hospital of Pediatrics (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A total of 114 cases of measles were recorded in the capital city of Hanoi since the start of 2019, the municipal Health Department reported.       The city detected 91 dengue cases, 59 hand-foot-mouth infections and 21 whooping cough patients. No deaths were recorded from these diseases. Hoang Duc Hanh, vice director of the department, said the situation of diseases during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday was under control. “There are no big outbreaks or dangerous epidemics,” he said. Since the beginning of 2019, the city has not recorded cases of MERS-CoV, Ebola, Influenza A (H5N6), Influenza A (H7N9), or the Zika virus. However, the current weather could facilitate the development of respiratory and digestive pathogen diseases, especially during the festivals in the beginning of the lunar year. To proactively prevent these epidemics, the … [Read more...] about Hanoi records 114 cases of measles so far this year