Dengue fever in the Mekong Delta has not cooled down, warning of complicated epidemics until the end of the year

Late admission

Parents of patient D.N, Mr. D.T (Ca Mau province) - said that he has recovered his health after a period of treatment for severe dengue fever at Can Tho Children's Hospital. This is the effort of doctors and family members.

According to Mr. T, at first when he had a fever, the whole family thought it was a common disease, so they took him to a local medical facility for examination and took medicine. However, the disease did not subside and lasted until the next two days. Late hospitalization is one of the causes of severe dengue fever, leading to sepsis.

"When tested positive for the disease, we took our child to the end line of the hospital in the hope of timely treatment. The blood infection made the child much more tired, lethargic, lethargic, and envious... fortunately the child did not affect other organs" - Mr. T shared.

The case of Mr. T's child is no exception because in fact, recorded in the Dengue Fever Department, there are many cases of children being hospitalized late, some children going into shock, at this time the treatment of the doctor is even more difficult.

"In addition to a high fever and difficulty eating, the child also had dry lips and cravings. The doctor's top advice is to give my child a lot of water to achieve the best results" - Ms. Dang Thi Bich Tuyen (Dong Thap province) said.

age of serious illness

Doctor CKII Nguyen Huynh Nhat Truong - Head of the hospital's Dengue Fever Department - informed us that compared to the beginning of August when the disease only showed signs of an increase of 20 - 30%, this period of the disease was much more intense. Through admission and treatment, doctors found that the rate of children with severe illnesses occurring from 6, 9, 16 years old, in shock condition, there have been many cases of liver damage.

The doctor recommends that as soon as parents see a child with fever, they should take the child to a medical facility for testing and diagnosis. When determining to have dengue fever, children should be hospitalized for timely monitoring and treatment to avoid unfortunate incidents.

It is known that as of mid-November 2025, the end-of-line hospital for pediatric specialties in the Mekong Delta region has treated more than 1,500 cases of inpatient dengue fever, double the same period in 2024. According to statistics from the Can Tho Center for Disease Control (CDC), as of November 20, 2025, the Can Tho area (old Can Tho) also had over 2,000 cases of dengue fever.

According to Dr. Huynh Minh Truc - Director of CDC Can Tho City - one of the notable things this year is that severe dengue fever does not only appear in children as before but also spreads to adults. The health sector warns that the disease is likely to cause serious diseases in many target groups and is still complicated and prolonged.

According to the latest data from the Department of Health of Dong Thap province, in the past 11 months, the whole province recorded more than 7,500 cases of dengue fever, an increase of 31.4% over the same period last year. In week 47 (from November 16 to 23), the dengue fever situation in Dong Thap has many positive signals.

To prevent and control dengue fever, the health sector in Dong Thap province continues to synchronously deploy many measures such as: organizing weekly supervision in high-risk communes and wards; launching a campaign to kill mosquito larvae with the participation of organizations and residential areas; spreading chemicals widely in places with high cases or severe cases;...