Zika on the rise in HCM City

December 21, 2016 - 10:32

The Department of Preventive Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City said that Zika virus infection cases escalated to an average of 10 cases per week in the city. As of yesterday, the city has recorded 141 cases in 23 districts.

HCM CITY — The Department of Preventive Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City said that Zika virus infection cases escalated to an average of 10 cases per week in the city. As of yesterday, the city has recorded 141 cases in 23 districts.

Bình Thạnh District is leading with 28 cases totally, next are district 2 with 18 cases and district 12 with 13 cases. Of the 141 infection cases, 18 were pregnant women.

The Preventive Health Centre in HCMC continued warning people, especially pregnant women, to actively avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. People should raise their awareness of the mosquito-borne disease and work to eliminate the insect.— VNS

Tags Zika

Bắc Giang announces rearrangement of district, commune-level administrative units

Society

PM inspects, attends groundbreaking ceremony of infrastructure projects in Lào Cai

Society

Việt Nam International Defence Exhibition extends visiting times in some areas

Society

Việt Nam International Defence Expo 2024 impresses foreign guests

Society

Historic milestone: HCM City’s first metro line launches after years of delay

Society

Fire safety tightened for private homes after karaoke bar traged

More on this story

Society

Four hi-tech centres built to meet patient demand

The Ministry of Health has given the green light to E Hospital in Hà Nội to open four hi-tech centres to meet patient demand.

Society

Deputy PM sends Xmas wishes to religious leaders

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình extended his Christmas wishes to Catholic and Protestant dignitaries and followers in HCM City yesterday.

Society

Farm work

Society

City seeks overseas aid funds for metro line

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment for official development assistance funds to build its metro line No 3A from Bến Thành Market in District 1 to Bình Chánh District’s Tân Kiên Commune.

Society

Gov’t transfers top docs to small hospitals

Hà Nội Department of Health has sent doctors, nurses and medical workers from central level hospitals to district level ones to help transfer advanced professional techniques.

Society

Landslides

Rescue forces successfully remove the bodies of two people out of a landslide, which buried 10 houses in Nha Trang City.

Society

Female gang arrested for $44.4m invoice fraud

Three women have been arrested for illegally selling value-added tax (VAT) invoices which were estimated at more than VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.4 million), according to the Hà Nội police.

Society

First space observatory to open in Nha Trang

Việt Nam will open its first ever astronomical observatory in Nha Trang next March, according to the Viêt Nam National Satellite Centre (VNSC).

Society

Give jobs to physically challenged women, say experts

Physically challenged women face a lot of obstacles while looking for jobs, from companies and from other women too, said experts at a discussion held in Hà Nội today.