Preventing dengue fever must be a daily work, Vice Chairman of the PPC urged

ABO - On the afternoon of September 10, Vice Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee (PPC) Tran Van Dung supervised the dengue fever prevention and control task in Cai Be and Cai Lay towns.

Vice Chairman pf the PPC Tran Van Dung and leaders of the health sector supervise the prevention and control of dengue disease in Cai Be town.

Cai Be town is the place where dengue outbreaks out. Up to September 5, the whole town recorded 62 cases of dengue fever with 10 outbreaks. The survey index of the number of water containers with larvae and midges in the quarter 2 is 92, nearly 5 times higher than the risk index of dengue outbreaks.

The locality and the health sector have launched the third round of larvae-killing campaign from September 5-8. The campaign was carried out simultaneously in 4 quarters of the town. At the launching ceremony, the town People's Committee directed the participants in the campaign to go to each household talking to people about dengue, raising measures to kill mosquitoes and mosquito larvae; at the same time, removing the larvae containers.

Along with mobilizing the people to kill the larvae, on the evening of September 9, the Cai Be district Medical Center conducted chemical spraying and epidemic outbreaks across the town.

After working with Cai Be town, Vice Chairman of the PPC worked with Cai Lay town. This is one of the localities with the number of cases with a remarkable increase compared to the same period in 2018 with 322 cases, an increase of 329%.

Vice Chairman of the PPC Tran Van Dung supervises the elimination of larvae at the households of Cai Be town. Photo: THUY HA

Facing the increasing situation of dengue fever, Vice Chairman of the PPC Tran Van Dung directed important tasks to strengthen the prevention and control of epidemics.

He emphasized the role of the entire political system in propaganda and impact in order to help people become aware of proactive disease prevention for themselves, their families and the community. The prevention of mosquitoes and mosquito larvae prevention must be a regular work, not following the movement, the campaign, etc…

According to the report of the Tien Giang Department of Health, the situation of dengue disease in the province is very complicated. As of September 8, the whole province recorded 3,106 cases of dengue fever, up 185% over the same period in 2018.

By staff-writer – Translated by NGUYEN HUU