Hanoi records 114 more measles cases

According to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC), last week from February 7 to 14, Hanoi recorded 114 more measles cases, with no deaths. The number of cases is similar to the previous week (114 cases).

Thus, since the beginning of the year, Hanoi has had a total of 441 measles cases, in 30/30 districts, towns, and cities, with no deaths; the number of cases increased compared to the same period in 2024 (in the same period last year, Hanoi had no measles cases).

Among measles cases, about 10.7% were children under 6 months old, 12.7% were children from 6 to 8 months old, 10.2% were children from 9 to 11 months old, 24.9% were children from 1 to 5 years old, 16.8% were children from 6 to 10 years old, and 24.7% were over 10 years old.

The leader of the Hanoi CDC commented: The number of measles cases per week remains high, mainly in people who have not been vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated. It is forecasted that in the coming time, Hanoi will continue to record an increase in measles cases.

Accordingly, Hanoi CDC has closely coordinated with relevant units to monitor the epidemic situation to detect early cases of the disease to organize investigation, containment, and epidemic handling; and train the implementation of the Measles Vaccination Campaign Plan in the city in 2025.

In the coming time, Hanoi CDC will continue to monitor the implementation of the measles vaccination campaign for children from 6 to under 9 months old in the following districts: Bac Tu Liem, Ba Dinh, Dong Anh, Ha Dong, Tay Ho, Me Linh, Nam Tu Liem, Phu Xuyen, Soc Son.

District, town and city health centers organize and implement measles vaccination campaigns for children aged 6 months to under 9 months under the direction of the City People's Committee, the Department of Health and the Hanoi CDC; monitor and detect patients at decentralized health facilities and in the community to promptly investigate and handle cases and outbreaks, preventing the disease from spreading widely.

Units organize activities to monitor suspected measles rash fever, conduct epidemiological investigations, collect samples for testing of 100% of suspected cases, organize zoning, and thoroughly handle areas with patients and outbreaks according to regulations.

Along with that, the Health sector regularly coordinates with the Education sector in monitoring, preventing and handling cases and outbreaks of measles, hand, foot and mouth disease, chickenpox... in schools. At the same time, coordinate the implementation of vaccination in schools; review and propagate to parents to have their children fully vaccinated according to regulations.

The Hanoi Department of Health also strengthens communication about the epidemic situation in the area and measures to prevent and control winter-spring epidemics (especially flu and measles) so that people can proactively implement them; propagates people to proactively get vaccinated fully and on schedule and respond to additional vaccination campaigns deployed by the health sector.