Pandemic

100% of wards and communes in Ho Chi Minh City are eligible to announce the end of the measles epidemic

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HCMC - Since the beginning of 2025, the number of measles cases in the city has decreased continuously. To date, 100% of wards, communes and towns have met the conditions to declare the end of the measles epidemic.

Sick buffalo and cow must be destroyed, livestock farmers are supported with 50,000 VND/kg of air

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Livestockers with buffaloes, cows, horses, and goats that are forced to be destroyed by epidemics are supported with 50,000 VND/kg of air.

Regulations on the level of support for production facilities with animals forced to be destroyed due to epidemics

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The Government has just issued Decree No. 116/2025/ND-CP dated June 5, 2025 regulating policies to support the treatment of animal diseases.

Effective disease prediction thanks to AI

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HCMC - Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data are becoming tools for monitoring, early detection and rapid response to epidemics.

No profit for livestock farming, if there is an epidemic, the State will worry

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The Deputy Prime Minister suggested studying regulations on insurance in livestock farming, not to let the situation of profit profit be enjoyed, and if there is an epidemic, the State should take care of it.

Nghe An requests to completely handle the epidemic of livestock

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Nghe An - On April 20, information from the Provincial People's Committee said that it had just issued a telegram requesting the synchronous implementation of solutions to prevent and control diseases in livestock and poultry.

Khanh Hoa sets a goal of ending AIDS by 2030

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Khanh Hoa - In the HIV/AIDS prevention and control plan, the locality sets a goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Family refuses to go to the hospital, two 8-year-old children died of fever

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Two 8-year-old children in the mountainous areas of Quang Nam suffered from a rash of fever and suspected measles, but their family refused to take them to the hospital and they died.

More Asian countries record HMPV epidemic

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Five cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection were confirmed in India on January 6, marking the first cases of illness linked to the virus in India.

China's new respiratory outbreak evokes COVID-19 fears

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China is facing a new outbreak of respiratory disease, five years after COVID-19 first appeared in the world.

Ho Chi Minh City has enough capacity to treat severe malaria

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In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases treated dozens of malaria cases from abroad, most of them from Africa.

Ho Chi Minh City proactively prevents strange disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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To proactively prevent the epidemic of unknown cause in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health directs to closely monitor developments and update information.

Alarming increase in measles cases in adults

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HCMC - Not only in children, when adults get measles, there are also dangerous complications such as: encephalitis, pneumonia, conjunctivitis...

Most people infected with "mysterious" disease in Congo are children

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Most of the 416 people infected and 31 dead from a mysterious outbreak in Congo are children.

Africa CDC warns of mysterious disease outbreak in Congo

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The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warns that the mysterious "Disease X" epidemic is a major public health threat in Congo.