 |
The victims are a 53-year-old woman in Ha Dong district and a 15-year-old boy in Dong Anh district. In late September, the capital also had two fatal cases.
Following confusion accusations of covering hiding the number of deaths, The Health Ministry asked the Hanoi Department of Health, the National Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and the Bach Mai Hospital to verify the number.
After the check, the Hanoi Department of Health confirmed the official figures were accurate.
The numbers of people suffering dengue fever in Hanoi are going down. However, there are still several serious cases, infected with virus type D2.
According to the Health Ministry, Vietnam had over 77,000 dengue fever patients in 33 out of 63 provinces and cities in January-October period. The number of patients rose by 7.3 percent year on year while the number of deaths felt by over 11 percent.
Notably, the number of dengue fever patients in the southern region reduced in both the number of cases and deaths while there were increases in other regions in the country, especially the north, where figure were four fold.
PV
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.
