Dengue Fever Kills There People in Vietnam’s HCMC Year-to-date

Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has recorded three deaths caused by dengue fever in Districts 5 and 12 since the beginning of the year, local media reported. The preventive medicine center has examined and implemented precautionary measures in District 12, where two of the deaths took place, said Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy head of the municipal Health Department. The official ordered more effective communications campaigns and tighter sanitation monitoring at localities, with heavy fines imposed on violators. Between October last year and February this year, Hiep Thanh ward, where one fatality of dengue fever was, recorded an average of three dengue fever cases each week, not to mention those who received treatment at private medical facilities. In 2016, Vietnam saw 106,300 dengue fever cases, including 36 deaths, according to the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health. (vov.vn Mar 16, dantri.com.vn Mar 16, thethaovanhoa.vn Mar 16)