Vietnam on alert with over 10,000 dengue cases in a week

Patients undergoing treatment for dengue fever at the Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Hospital in Hanoi. - Vietnam News/Asia News Network

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Vietnam's capital city reported over 1,300 cases of dengue fever last week, an increase of 9% compared to the final week of October.

The Ministry of Health has also announced that over 10,000 cases of dengue fever were recorded nationwide over the past week, along with two deaths.