The provincial Center for Disease Control said that since the beginning of the year, the province has recorded 246 cases of dengue fever, 516 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, over 350 cases of measles and 4 deaths due to rabies.
According to the health sector, compared to the same period in 2024, the situation of circulating infectious diseases, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and newly arising diseases of unknown causative agents in the province is showing signs of decreasing and becoming stable, reducing the risk of disease spread, and no major epidemics have occurred.
Children with hand, foot and mouth disease are treated at the Central Highlands General Hospital. |
However, according to Dr. Tran Kim Long, Deputy Head of the Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (Provincial Center for Disease Control), since the end of May, there has been a lot of rain and a humid environment, creating favorable conditions for the epidemiological factors of the disease to develop strongly, increasing the possibility of a dengue fever outbreak in the coming time. Along with that, measles in the province is also quite complicated with more than 1,500 cases of rash fever suspected of measles recorded since the beginning of the year. Due to the difficulty in distinguishing between measles and rash fever, many children with the disease are not detected early and treated properly, leading to dangerous complications.
Regarding hand, foot and mouth disease, Dr. Tran Thi Thuy Minh, Head of the Department of General Pediatrics (Tay Nguyen General Hospital) said that in the first 5 months of 2025, the Department received and treated about 300 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, many of which were severe. Currently, the clinical manifestations of the disease are more diverse than before, the rash does not only appear on the hands and feet but can spread all over the body, making early diagnosis difficult.
Faced with the complicated developments of the epidemic, the Provincial People's Committee has directed relevant agencies to strengthen the prevention and control of dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, COVID-19 and epidemics during the rainy and stormy season; focusing on coordination between the preventive and treatment health systems, while ensuring human resources, drugs, chemicals, medical equipment and facilities for the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Vaccinate children against measles to prevent the risk of disease. |
The provincial Center for Disease Control has issued an official dispatch directing health units to strengthen disease surveillance based on events, paying special attention to vaccine-related diseases such as measles, hand, foot and mouth disease, and influenza. The Department of Health has also allocated funds to purchase 10 more chemical sprayers and registered to bid for about 150 liters of disinfectant chemicals, ensuring adequate equipment, medical supplies and human resources ready to respond when an outbreak occurs.
Along with that, the Central Highlands General Hospital has proactively developed plans and prepared treatment areas for patients with infectious diseases early on.
"For COVID-19, which is now a group B infectious disease, the hospital will step up propaganda for patients right at the screening area, assess the level of the disease to guide patients to isolate and treat at home or be hospitalized for monitoring. With measles, in early 2025, the disease broke out strongly nationwide, however, the vaccination campaign has been implemented synchronously so the epidemic situation is well controlled. Currently, the Central Highlands General Hospital has increased the planned number of beds to 1,500, the actual number of beds is 2,000, evenly distributed to the departments. If the epidemic breaks out and the number of hospitalized patients increases, the hospital will increase human resources and material resources to support the pediatric and infectious diseases departments. Up to now, medicines and medical supplies for medical examination and treatment, especially infectious diseases during the rainy season, are guaranteed," added Deputy Director of the Central Highlands General Hospital Nguyen Ngoc Thinh.
Source: https://baodaklak.vn/xa-hoi/202506/phong-ngua-dich-benh-truyen-nhiem-chu-dong-tung-khau-848121c/
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