The news was heard at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City held by the Ministry of Health to summarize epidemic prevention and control work in the Southern region in 2023.

Notably, the monkeypox epidemic has not shown signs of slowing down. Since November 2023, the number of new cases in Ho Chi Minh City has increased rapidly. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases alone admitted 49 patients in the past three months.

Along with monkeypox, in the Southern region in 2023, cases of hand, foot and mouth disease and chickenpox, and diarrhea also surged; in particular, hand, foot, and mouth disease was up 175 percent compared to 2022.

Source: SGGP