The Cambodian-American psych-rock powerhouse Dengue Fever. The Cambodian-American psych-rock powerhouse Dengue Fever will return to Southeast Asia for their 2011 Electric Mekong tour - with shows in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia – to promote their new album. The show in Hanoi on November 26 is the band’s second visit to the capital, following its performance at [...]
Dengue fever has so far this year claimed 46 lives among 49,011 Vietnamese people who have been infected, according to the Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine. Most of the dengue fever cases have been found in the central and southern regions, the administration said. It said the epidemic is under control because the number [...]
The number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Ho Chi Minh City has hit a record of 2,093 cases in June, the HCMC Preventive Health Center announced Wednesday. Five of the 2,093 cases were fatal, the center said. So far this year, HCMC has recorded a total 4,770 cases, including 17 [...]
Vietnam is one of the six countries worst affected by dengue fever in Asia Western Pacific with some 100,000 cases reported every year, according to a conference held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho Wednesday. Â Statistics showed that it cost US$41 to treat a mild case, and $127 for critical one [...]
Ho Chi Minh City health officials have warned of significant dengue fever and hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks since the onset of the rainy season. The number of HFMD cases reached a record 1,500 (with seven reported deaths) in May. The disease has claimed 13 lives among more than 3,000 reported cases in HCMC, this year. Meanwhile, dengue fever has sickened around 4,000 [...]
Dengue fever patients at a Da Nang hospital Two-year-old boy from Da Nang has died of dengue fever and the number of patients with the disease in the city has climbed six times over last year, local media said Tuesday. Test results from the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang showed Truong Thai Bao, who died [...]
LookAtVietnam – The number of children suffering from Kawasaki disease, an illness that causes high fever, diarrhoea, affects the lymph nodes and seriously damages children’s hearts, has recently been on the rise, head of the Children Hospital No1’s Heart Department Vu Minh Phuc has warned.According to Duc, around 20 cases a year are reported, with [...]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the spending of more than VND16 trillion to build and upgrade preventive health centres around the country. . . Dang Thuy Tram Hospital in the central province of Quang Ngai is equipped with modern facilities to better serve the patients.Ministry officials told a seminar held in HCM City yesterday, [...]
LookAtVietnam – Dengue fever has killed two more patients in Hanoi, reported the Hanoi Department of Health on November 19. 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 [...]
Two patients infected with both influenza A (H1N1) virus and dengue fever have died in Hanoi, Nguyen Hong Ha, deputy head of the National Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, said on Wednesday. Ha said both patients had been admitted to the institute last week in critical condition.The nationâs first two patients with the combination [...]
