On August 5, the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province requested units and localities in the province to take drastic action to prevent the dengue fever from breaking out.
According to the health sector, from the beginning of 2025 to now, the number of dengue fever cases in the Southern region has increased by 30% compared to the same period in 2024, recording a number of deaths.
Khanh Hoa is entering a peak period, the risk of epidemics is increasing as the school year and major events are about to take place.
Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Tran Quoc Nam requested the People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones to synchronously and effectively implement measures to prevent dengue fever and infectious diseases.
Ensure uninterrupted epidemic prevention work in the process of operating the two-level local government model.
Localities must urgently establish a Steering Committee for disease prevention in humans, assign specific tasks to each member in charge of the area, and be responsible to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee if the epidemic spreads for a long time.
Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee requested the mobilization of the political system: organizations, social organizations, on-site forces... to periodically implement the campaign to destroy mosquito larvae/ghig; strictly handle organizations and individuals who do not cooperate in disease prevention.
At the same time, it is necessary to increase communication on mass media so that people can clearly understand the situation, proactively clean the environment, remove water containers, breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes...
The functional departments of the area must regularly inspect the operations of private health facilities, ensuring compliance with regulations on disease monitoring and case reporting.
The Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Health to direct its affiliated units to closely monitor the epidemic situation, handle outbreaks as soon as detected, organize appropriate treatment to limit death and avoid overload at higher levels.
Ensure adequate medicine, chemicals, and medical supplies for prevention and treatment. At the same time, the education sector coordinated to organize communication at schools and spray chemicals on 100% of households in the outbreak area.
