According to the Department of Health of Hai Duong province, recently, Hai Duong Children's Hospital has received many children with flu and measles. On average, the Infectious Diseases Department receives nearly 20 children with flu, rash fever and measles every day. From the beginning of the year to March 17, the department has treated 865 children with influenza and 109 cases of measles concentrated in children under 5 years old.
In particular, there were 26 cases of measles in children under 10 months old. At the same time last year, the department had no measles patients being treated. Most of the people with measles have not been vaccinated or have not been vaccinated with enough doses according to regulations. Measles cases increased sharply in March, with 26 cases in January and 38 cases in February and 70 cases in the first 17 days of March.
As of March 18, the provincial Center for Disease Control recorded 130 cases of measles, mainly in children under 5 years old. In February, a measles outbreak was recorded in Viet Hoa ward, Hai Duong city with 3 people in the same family.
Measles appeared more often in March and an average of dozens of cases were recorded each week. Analysis shows that 72.7% of cases have not been fully vaccinated against measles, including 19.3% of children under 9 months old (not old enough to be vaccinated) and 53.4% who have not been vaccinated.
The Department of Health of Hai Duong province directs units to regularly and continuously monitor and closely monitor, and prepare plans to ensure medical work to prevent the epidemic. Strengthen supervision to detect measles cases in the community and at medical facilities early.
Maintain good implementation of the expanded immunization program. Ensure adequate measles vaccination for 9-month-old children and measles - rubella vaccine for 18-month-old children. Direct localities to review and organize catch-up vaccination and catch-up vaccination for subjects under the expanded immunization program who have not been vaccinated against measles, paying special attention to areas with low vaccination rates...
