According to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC Hanoi), in the past week (from May 16 to May 23), the whole city recorded 5 cases of dengue fever, 0 deaths; down 7 cases compared to the previous week (12 cases and 0 deaths).
Accumulated from the beginning of the year to date, the city has recorded 256 cases of dengue fever, 0 deaths; the number of cases has decreased compared to the same period in 2024. Patients were recorded in 28 districts, towns and cities. During the week of no outbreaks, in 2025, a total of 1 outbreak was recorded that had ended operations.
During the week, 179 measles cases were recorded in 30 districts; 0 deaths; the number of cases decreased by 2 compared to the previous week (181/0. Some units recorded many patients such as: Hoang Mai, Nam Tu Liem 24, Ha Dong 12, Long Bien 9. Measles is on the decline, mainly in people who have not been vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated, and it is forecasted that cases will continue to be recorded in the coming time.
In 2025, the cumulative number of measles cases recorded in 30/30 districts, towns and cities was 2,814, with 1 death, an increase over the same period in 2024. Patients are divided by age group: accounting for 12.4% of cases under 6 months; 13.2% ranging from 6-8 months; 8.1% from 9 - 11 months; 20.3% from 1 - 5 years old; 13.9% from 6 - 10 years old, 14.7% from 11-15 years old; accounting for 17.5% of cases from 16 years old and above.
Recorded 184 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in 26 districts, towns and cities; 0 deaths, down 70 cases compared to last week. Some units recorded many patients such as: Ha Dong 25, Nam Tu Liem 24, Hoang Mai 23, Chuong My 15, Soc Son 13, Thanh Xuan 12. Accumulated in 2025 recorded 2,461 cases, 0 deaths; an increase compared to the same period in 2024. Patients are distributed in 30 districts, towns and cities.
According to the Hanoi CDC, the number of hand, foot and mouth disease cases has decreased, mainly spreading cases, in the group of children under 3 years old ≤ (95%), recording some outbreaks in kindergartens and the community.
During the week, 1 outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease was recorded in Nam Tu Liem, in 2025, 41 outbreaks were recorded, and 1 outbreak is still active in Nam Tu Liem.
The city recorded 1 case of streptococcus purple, 0 deaths. A male patient, 62 years old, located in Dong Da, started the disease with symptoms of high fever, fatigue, headache, drowsiness, and had a bone marrow culture test that tested positive for streptococcus liver disease. The accumulation in 2025 recorded 2 cases, 0 deaths, an increase compared to the same period last year.
Recorded 3 cases of adults with tetanus in Chuong My, Soc Son, Thanh Xuan; 0 deaths. The cumulative in 2025 recorded 17 cases, 0 deaths, the number of cases increased compared to the same period in 2024.
Hanoi recorded 155 cases of COVID-19, 0 deaths. The cumulative in 2025 recorded 192 cases, 0 deaths, and a decrease in the number of cases compared to the same period in 2024 (641/0. According to Hanoi CDC, the number of cases has tended to increase in the past 2 weeks, continuing to record cases in the coming time.
In addition, other epidemics such as: globular encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, whooping cough were not recorded during the week.
Last week, Hanoi held a conference in response to ASEAN Day for dengue fever prevention in 2025 at the city level. Hanoi CDC coordinates with units to monitor the old dengue fever outbreak in 2024 in: Dan Phuong, Nam Tu Liem, Bac Tu Liem, Phuc Tho, Phu Xuyen.
Next week, Hanoi CDC will continue to monitor the old dengue fever outbreak in 2024 in: Ha Dong, Phuc Tho, Dan Phuong, Thanh Oai, Nam Tu Liem.
District, county and town health centers continue to implement activities in response to ASEAN day for dengue fever prevention, organize activities to kill bedridden worms, and spray chemicals to proactively prevent dengue fever in key communes and wards, many patients every year. Monitor the detection of patients at decentralized medical facilities and in the community, to promptly investigate and handle cases and outbreaks, preventing the epidemic from spreading.
At the same time, continue to review and organize measles vaccination for children of regular vaccination age and children subject to campaign vaccination, ensuring progress according to requirements. Regularly coordinate between the health and education sectors in monitoring, preventing and handling cases, outbreaks of measles, hand, foot and mouth disease... in schools; coordinate the implementation of vaccination in schools as well as review and promote parents to have their children fully vaccinated with all types of vaccines according to regulations.
Units continue to promote information and propaganda about the epidemic situation and measures to prevent measles, hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever, COVID-19 and summer epidemics. Propagate people to proactively get vaccinated in full, on schedule and respond to additional vaccination campaigns implemented by the health sector.
