According to a report of the Can Tho Department of Health on the measles situation in the first quarter of 2025, the city recorded 387 cases of clinical diagnosis, including 42 cases with measles positive test results. The trend of measles shifts decreased significantly compared to the time of the peak of the disease of 369 cases of measles rash in October. 2024. Can Tho has not recorded the case of measles death.
In the first quarter, the city implemented a campaign to supplement measles-rubella vaccination for children aged 1-10 and high-risk medical staff with a total planned number of about 44,500 people; the actual number of subjects is more than 33,400 people; more than 31,300 people have been vaccinated.
According to the assessment, measles prevention and control measures are implemented by departments and branches quite effectively and synchronously.
However, the review of children who have not been injected or lack of measles vaccine is very time -consuming and effort, because they have to look up each child through the national immunization software system, vaccination records at the medical station. The vaccine is not enough for all subjects to be injected, so it must extend the time of compensation, dredging, limiting the effectiveness of disease control.
The Can Tho Department of Health continues to propose the Ministry of Health to supply the vaccination program to fully expand, ensuring no interruption of the immunization progress in 2025.
