The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has just issued an urgent document on strengthening the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease in the city˳
Erythema, blisters in children with hand, foot and mouth disease – Photo: X˳MAI
City leaders assigned the Department of Health to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with other departments, agencies and mass organizations in synchronously implementing measures to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease under the guidance of the Ministry of Health˳ Pay attention to areas with high risk of disease spread such as: daycare centers, kindergartens, primary schools, residential areas/inns with many children˳ It is necessary to handle the outbreak in time to limit the spread˳
Get ready for the collection and treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease in accordance with the guidance on diagnosis and treatment of the Ministry of Health, proactively responding to the complicated development of the epidemic situation˳
Coordinating with the Department of Education and Training and relevant units in inspecting disease prevention at educational institutions and in the community˳ If detected, isolate the case early, clean the classroom and clean the environment˳
Direct the City Center for Disease Control to regularly monitor and supervise the updating of the list of cases and outbreaks on the infectious disease monitoring and management system in a complete and timely manner˳
On the local side, city leaders asked to strengthen communication to raise people’s awareness in disease prevention˳ Take measures to clean, disinfect and prevent disease at home˳
Regularly check and monitor hand, foot and mouth disease prevention activities, especially at risk points, and report to the Department of Health as prescribed˳
According to information from the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC), in 7 days from May 22 to 28, the whole city recorded 157 cases of hand, foot and mouth, an increase of 47˳1% compared to the average of 4 weeks ago˳ (107 cases)˳
In particular, through PCR results, it was determined that a number of cases of severe hand, foot and mouth disease were infected with Enterovirus 71˳ This is a virus that spreads very quickly, causing many dangerous complications, causing more than 100 Children with hand, foot and mouth disease in 2011 died˳
The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City said that the locality had difficulty in getting drugs to treat this disease at a severe level˳ Therefore, the Department has sent a document to the Ministry of Health to request early support in the supply of drugs for treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease, especially drugs for the severity of the disease˳
The hospital lacks medicine to treat hand, foot and mouth, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City sent an official letter ‘begging for help’ to the Ministry of Health˳
Source link: https://cocc˳edu˳vn/tp-hcm-chi-dao-khan-tang-cuong-phong-chong-benh-tay-chan-mieng-20230606182359142˳htm
