The Ho Chi Minh City government has urged local medical facilities to take action in response to the spread of dengue fever and the Marburg virus.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has realized a warning about a sharp increase in the number of dengue infections across the country.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) stated on February 15 that the southern city had recorded a total of 385 cases of dengue fever between February 6 and February 12, with this figure marking a decline of 32.5% compared to the average number in the four weeks prior.

VOV.VN - Amid the dengue fever epidemic remaining complicated with a number of serious cases, the organizing board of the Red Sunday campaign has called on those who are healthy enough to actively participate in platelet donation.

VOV.VN - The capital of Vietnam has seen a further two deaths due to dengue fever over the past week with 42 fresh outbreaks, according to the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department.

VOV.VN - The Dengue outbreak is showing signs of waning in Ho Chi Minh City, with only 1,169 infections recorded in the past week, down 24% compared to the weekly figure in the previous four weeks.

VOV.VN - The BI index, which predicts dengue transmission, currently indicates that the dengue fever epidemic in Hanoi is exceeding the warning level.

VOV.VN - The number of dengue fever cases detected in the capital have so far exceeded the warning level with more than 10,700 patients recorded so far this year, including 12 fatalities, according to details given by the capital’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Hanoi).

VOV.VN - Doctors in hospitals throughout Hanoi are being overwhelmed by the volume of patients coming in suffering from dengue fever and adenovirus.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is enduring a surge in dengue infections, with an additional 38 new hotspots and 1,420 cases recorded from October 14 to 21.