Vietnam - 39 die of dengue fever in Vietnam

More than 45,000 people in Vietnam have contracted dengue fever and 39 have died in the past 9 months, the Ministry of Health reported.

Deputy head of the ministry’s Preventive Health Department Nguyen Thanh Duong released the figures at a press conference held by the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute yesterday.

Duong said most of the patients and deaths were in southern provinces and cities.

Last year, the number of patients was over 83,700 and the dead toll was 62, he said.

From the beginning of this year to October 10, over 8,700 people in HCMC contracted dengue fever and 7 of them died.

The conference also heard a report on the use of a new vaccine, Chimerix Yellow Fever Dengue (CYD14), which was prepared by France’s Sanofi Pasteur Inc. and is being used clinically in Vietnam on a pilot basis to constrain dengue fever.

Dr. Tran Ngoc Huu, head of the HCMC Pasteur Institute, said about 600 children had been inoculated with the new vaccine since last month.

The pilot vaccination program will last until August 2016, he said.

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