Vietnam reports fewer dengue fever cases
HANOI - Vietnam has so far this year detected over 33,900 dengue fever infections, including 35 fatalities, posting respective year-on-year decreases of 42.9 percent and 61 percent, local newspaper People's Army reported Tuesday.
Most of local sufferers are from central and southern localities such as Khanh Hoa, Binh Thuan, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, Hau Giang and Bac Lieu, whose weather is most favorable for the development of mosquitoes - the disease's transmitter.
To minimize the number of new infections, local health workers are encouraging residents to kill mosquitoes and their larvae more actively. More chemicals used to kill the insect are given to the residents.
Vietnam reported 73,300 cases of dengue fever infections, including 101 fatalities last year, up 108 percent and 74 percent against the year earlier, respectively.
Xinhua - October 18, 2005.
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