On April 5, the Dak Lak Provincial Center for Disease Control (CDC) said that from January 1 to early April 2026, the whole province recorded nearly 600 cases of dengue fever in 24/24 localities, an increase of 26% compared to the same period in 2025.
In which, communes and wards in the eastern region of the province often have outbreaks. The main cause is identified as erratic weather: hot sunshine coming early, interspersed with unseasonal rains, high air humidity, creating favorable conditions for tick mosquitoes - the intermediary transmitter of dengue fever - to multiply and develop strongly.
Mr. Luong Van Phuoc - Director of Phu Hoa Medical Center said that cases coming for examination with symptoms of fever and rash are all indicated for dengue fever testing. If there are positive results, the unit will immediately notify the health stations in the area to coordinate epidemiological investigation and implement epidemic prevention and control measures. Currently, the locality has recorded more than 100 cases of dengue fever. Compared to last year, the number of cases this year is forecast to continue to increase and develop complicatedly.
Mr. Hoang Hai Phuc - Director of Dak Lak CDC said that complicated weather developments are causing infectious diseases in the area to be at risk of increasing. Not only dengue fever, diseases such as hand, foot and mouth disease, chickenpox... are also continuously recorded in some localities.
According to Mr. Phuc, the Provincial CDC requests grassroots health units to proactively monitor and detect cases early right from the community; promptly zone and handle thoroughly, not allowing the epidemic to spread widely. Communication work is identified as a key task, with concise, easy-to-understand content, suitable to the cultural and linguistic characteristics of each area, especially remote and isolated areas.
The health sector needs to closely coordinate with local authorities, village elders, village heads, and people with prestige in the community to improve the effectiveness of propaganda.
For high-risk areas, Dak Lak CDC will arrange support forces, provide sufficient supplies and chemicals to serve epidemic prevention and control; and organize training to improve the response capacity for grassroots health workers.
The provincial health sector has just recorded a chickenpox outbreak at the school site of Le Van Tam Primary School (village 20, Ea Rieng commune). Among the 47 suspected cases, 26 cases have been identified as having chickenpox, including 23 students and 3 teachers.
