Disease Spike in North of Vietnam

20 April 2017

According to the Hanoi Preventive Medicine Centre, there has been a rise in the incidence of measles, rubella and whooping cough in the first 3 months of this year. However, it is the sharp increase in dengue fever cases that is worrying officials. Cases underwent a 44 percent growth over the same timeframe in 2016 - the cool, dry season of the country’s north. Read more.

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