Accordingly, the Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Truong Canh Tuyen assigned the Director of the Department of Health to preside and coordinate with the Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Director of the Department of Education and Training, the Chairman of the District People's Committee and the heads of relevant agencies and units urgently implement the 3rd phase measles vaccination campaign and strengthen measles prevention and control.
Assigning the Director of the Department of Education and Training, the Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Chairman of the District People's Committee, based on the functions and tasks of the unit, proactively promote measures to prevent and combat epidemics as prescribed.
Regarding the measles situation in the city, from the end of 2024, the number of cases recorded was higher than the same period. Especially in October and November, at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Can Tho Children's Hospital, there were days when more than 200 cases of rash fever (including measles) were recorded.
From February to March 2025, the situation has changed positively when the number of measles cases has decreased by about half compared to the peak of the epidemic. Of the 80 - 100 cases treated as inpatients per day, about 7 - 10% of children have complications of pneumonia and respiratory failure.
According to the report of the Can Tho Department of Health on measles in the first quarter of 2025, the city recorded 387 cases of clinical measles diagnosis, of which 42 cases tested positive for measles.
In May 2025, speaking with Lao Dong, Specialist Doctor II Huynh Hung Dung - Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Can Tho Children's Hospital - informed that there were only 40 - 50 inpatients/day. Statistics show that the ability to control this disease is still uncertain, but it is not beyond the possibility that the disease is not yet complete.
