VOV.VN - The Health Department of the northcentral province of Thanh Hoa announced on August 8 that it had detected two more diphtheria cases within the locality.
VOV.VN - Diphtheria is being kept under control and it is unlikely that the disease will break out into an epidemic in Vietnam, said Dr. Hoang Minh Duc, head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDC) on July refuted rumours about an infection of diphtheria in the city, saying that information about the case on social media is incorrect.
VOV.VN - The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the northern Bac Giang province confirmed that another local resident has contracted diphtheria, a disease that has dangerous complications and especially a high death rate.
VOV.VN - The General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health on July 8 asked health authorities of Nghe An and Bac Giang provinces to proactively strengthen the prevention and control of diphtheria following an infection and a death in their localities.
VOV.VN - A woman residing in Ky Son district in the central province of Nghe An has died of diphtheria, while two individuals aged 18 have also been infected with the disease.
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has ordered strong actions to be taken in order to prevent the further spread of diphtheria following the country recording three deaths this year.
VOV.VN - A three-year-old child in the Central Highland city of Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak province, has been diagnosed with the Corynebacterium diphtheria, becoming the first diphtheria infection in the localilty.
VOV.VN - The Quang Tri Department of Health has detected a further six positive cases of diphtheria in the province, bringing the total number of infected cases in the locality to 20.
VOV.VN - A further eight children, aged between one and 12, have tested positive for diphtheria bacteria, according to a statement made by the Quang Tri provincial Department of Health.