13 cases positive for cholera in northern

9:01 PM, 12/05/2010

Until now, the North has recorded 106 cases of acute diarrhea in five provinces: Hanoi, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, of which there were 13 cases positive for cholera.
On 12 / 5, at the Steering Committee meeting of national prevention and pandemic influenza in humans, the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said: Until now, the North has recorded 106 cases of acute diarrhea in 5 provinces City: Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, of which 13 cases positive for cholera. The main reason is due to food hygiene in the crowded meal. Specifically, acute diarrhea outbreak is not yet translated into large but sparsely occurring in some provinces and cities and no secondary cases of infection.

Here, the Preventive Medicine Department confirmed that in May the country not noted any cases of influenza virus A / H5N1. However, influenza A/H5N1 epidemic in poultry is being recorded in many localities. Therefore, the risk of epidemic spread and spread to humans is very high. In addition, influenza A/H1N1 trend leveled off, some cases of flu syndrome was discovered by influenza surveillance system has reduced the key, no large outbreak occurred and has not detected the change of influenza A/H1N1 virus in Vietnam. /.