Heavy pressure
The rainy season helps Can Tho cool down after a series of prolonged hot days, but for many workers living in boarding houses in the area, this is also the time to worry about dengue fever.
According to records, most boarding houses have narrow areas and lack light. When it rains, the drainage system around the area is often stagnant.
More than that, waste items, low-lying nests around are unintentionally ideal habitats for tick mosquitoes to breed and multiply.
Renting a room in Cai Rang ward for many years, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (a worker at a garment company in Can Tho City) did not hide her anxiety: "The rented room is the warm home of husband and wife and young children. Every rainy season, humidity is inevitable, and mosquitoes often fly, so I am very worried about the possibility of dengue fever.
Through watching propaganda in newspapers and radio, Ms. Hong said that dengue fever in children often develops very quickly and complicatedly, requiring hospitalization for long-term monitoring. Therefore, to protect her child, her family proactively prepares mosquito nets and mosquito incense to prevent it.
Being vigilant against complex epidemics, the landlord where Ms. Hong lives has taken advantage of the cool weather to clear and clean up trees. check the drainage system.
I also told everyone in the room that if there is humidity or rain, they should report so that I can support repairs, minimizing the occurrence of tick mosquitoes" - Mr. Tu, the landlord in Cai Rang ward, added.
Cases are increasing
Statistics from the Can Tho City Center for Disease Control (CDC), from the beginning of 2026 to now, the city has recorded 2,855 cases of dengue fever, 4 times higher than the same period in 2025; 100/103 communes and wards recorded cases, no deaths recorded.
Can Tho health sector said it is continuing to closely monitor the developments of circulating infectious diseases, in addition to dengue fever, there are also hand, foot and mouth disease, measles/rash fever suspected of measles; strengthen the implementation of measures to ensure disease prevention and control.
Previously, in an exchange with Lao Dong Newspaper, Specialist Doctor I Huynh Thanh Trieu (in charge of the General Clinic - specialist of Can Tho CDC) - said that the Ministry of Health has licensed the circulation of dengue fever vaccine and through implementation, some people in Can Tho have come to the unit for vaccination.
We recommend that people, especially parents, should study, can refer to media channels and consult doctors to get dengue fever vaccination" - Dr. Trieu shared.
Specifically at Can Tho City Children's Hospital, a final-line pediatric hospital in the Mekong Delta region, from the beginning of 2026 to mid-May 2026, the number of outpatient cases of dengue fever was more than 1,000 cases, and inpatients were about 1,200 cases; of which, severe dengue fever was 90 cases, and 6 cases were transferred to other hospitals.
Doctor CKII Nguyen Huynh Nhat Truong, Head of Dengue Fever Department of the Hospital - said that dengue fever, if put in a state of shock, will be very difficult and complicated to treat. Therefore, when children have new strange symptoms, families should hospitalize them, because here children are examined and monitored regularly, and when children have abnormal signs, they are treated immediately.
