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Sharjah 24 – Dr. B. A:
Vietnam's largest city is facing the biggest measles outbreak in five years, state media reported on Wednesday.
According to the Vietnamese news agency, Ho Chi Minh City's hospital for tropical diseases has been receiving between 50 and 70 new patients a day since last December, while Ho Chi Minh City's pediatric hospital hosts between 20 and 70 new patients a day. and 40 new patients a day.
The number of measles cases has increased dramatically since last September, said Hoonh Thiwei Hua of Ho Chi Minh City.
Sixty patients were hospitalized during the first week of the year at the city level, compared to none in the same period last year.
The epidemic in northern Vietnam was still under control: the Infectious Diseases Department of Bash Mai Hospital in Hanoi received 75 patients in the first week of the year, compared with 50 in 2008.
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