Vietnam: Detected more cases of Cholera (Hanoi)

Afternoon 12 / 5, Dr. Tran Nhu Duong, Deputy Director of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said in Hanoi and some northern provinces continue to record scattered cases of acute diarrhea caused by cholera bacteria.

Tropical Disease Hospital Central has to receive a 65-year-old female patient, in Dong Da district (Hanoi) in emergency due to acute diarrhea positive for cholera.

Từ tháng 3 đến nay, miền Bắc đã ghi nhận 106 bệnh nhân tiêu chảy cấp tại 5 tỉnh, thành phố (Hà Nội, Hà Nam, Hải Dương, Hải Phòng, Bắc Ninh). From March to now, the North has recorded 106 patients with acute diarrhea in five provinces (Hanoi, Ha Nam, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh).

The patients most meals related to the people, no secondary cases. However, according to epidemiologists, patients suffering from cholera in Hanoi early this year have not identified specific types of foods and can cause disease, cholera has changed and adapted well than in the environment