Lam Dong has a sudden increase in measles cases.

On April 11, the leader of Lam Dong Department of Health said that since the beginning of the year, the number of measles cases in the province has increased dramatically, with 995 cases, while in the same period in 2024, only 2 cases were recorded. Of which, Da Lat city recorded the highest number of measles cases, with 297 cases, accounting for 30% of the total cases in the province; Duc Trong district with 248 cases... The main reason is the decrease in measles vaccination rate after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy Director of Lam Dong Children's Hospital, Dr. Tran Xuan Hoa, said that since the beginning of the year, the hospital has received a total of 597 measles cases, with more than half treated as inpatients and the rest as outpatients. Of these, 68 severe cases had to be transferred to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment. For rash fever, the hospital received 212 cases, of which 28 were treated as inpatients.

Rash fever treatment area at Lam Dong Children's Hospital.

Also according to Dr. Hoa, on April 3 and 4, 2025, leaders of the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, representatives of the National Immunization Program, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, and Children's Hospital 2 (Ho Chi Minh City) will come to Lam Dong Children's Hospital to inspect, monitor, guide, direct disease prevention and control and implement the measles vaccination campaign in 2025.

Examination of children with measles at Lam Dong Children's Hospital.

Director of Lam Dong Department of Health Huynh Thi Phuong Duyen said that in the face of the sudden increase in measles cases in the area, Lam Dong health sector has actively and proactively implemented many disease prevention and control activities. Specifically, many measles prevention and control monitoring campaigns have been organized in 19 districts and cities in the province; the work of classification, diagnosis and treatment has been strengthened; and medicines, medical supplies and equipment for measles treatment have been prepared.

Measles testing at Lam Dong Children's Hospital.

At the same time, expand the subjects of measles vaccination to include children from 6 months to under 9 months old in risk areas, areas where measles cases/epidemics are occurring. Children from 6 to 10 years old who have not been fully vaccinated with measles-containing vaccines according to regulations and children from 1 to 5 years old who have not been fully vaccinated with measles-containing vaccines are given catch-up doses (according to the measles vaccination schedule for children in the regular expanded immunization program, with the first dose given when the child is 9 months old, the second dose given again at 18 months old).

Continue to strengthen health education communication, carry out communication campaigns suitable for each target group so that people are aware of protecting their own health and that of their families, and proactively and voluntarily take their children for vaccination according to the vaccination schedule.

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