100% of children aged 1-5 in Ho Chi Minh City are vaccinated against measles

TP.HCM hoàn thành 100% tiến độ tiêm vắc xin sởi cho trẻ từ 1-5 tuổi - Ảnh 1. — In Ho Chi Minh City, children aged 1-5 have received 46,486 injections (100%), and children aged 6-10 have received 147,313 injections (99.95%) - Photo: TIEN QUOC

According to a report from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, as of October 16, the total number of measles vaccinations in the city was 220,796. Of these, children aged 1-5 years old had received 46,486 doses (100%), and children aged 6-10 years old had received 147,313 doses (99.95%).

The measles vaccination campaign has been completed 100% in the group of children aged 1-5 and reached 99.95% in the group of children aged 6-10 as planned.

Up to now, there are still 2 districts with measles vaccination rate less than 95% including Can Gio district and District 3.

The Department of Health recommends that the People's Committees of the above districts need to speed up the progress to achieve the campaign's goals in the district. At the same time, for districts that have achieved a rate of 95% or more, it is necessary to maintain updates on the situation of mobile children to avoid missing unvaccinated children in the area.

100% trẻ từ 1-5 tuổi ở TP.HCM được tiêm vắc xin sởi - Ảnh 2. — Diagram of measles vaccination rate in children aged 1-10 years old compared to the plan by district (as of October 16) - Department of Health

Also on October 16, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 29 cases of rash fever suspected of measles.

Of which, 12/22 districts and cities have cases of suspected measles rash fever including: District 1 (2 cases), District 7 (2 cases), District 8 (1 case), District 11 (5 cases), District 12 (1 case), Binh Chanh District (2 cases), Binh Tan District (4 cases), Binh Thanh District (1 case), Hoc Mon District (3 cases), Tan Binh District (1 case), Tan Phu District (3 cases), Thu Duc City (4 cases).

Cumulative number of suspected measles rash fever cases

The total number of cases of rash fever suspected of measles recorded to date is 1,447. Districts with high cumulative cases of rash fever suspected of measles include: Binh Chanh district (302 cases), Binh Tan district (272 cases) and Thu Duc city (156 cases).

TP.HCM hoàn thành 100% tiến độ tiêm vắc xin sởi cho trẻ từ 1-5 tuổi - Ảnh 3.

Will Ho Chi Minh City soon announce the end of the measles epidemic?

On October 5, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health announced that 97% of children aged 1-10 in the city are now protected from the measles virus. If some districts accelerate the measles vaccination campaign, Ho Chi Minh City will soon announce the end of the measles epidemic.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/100-tre-tu-1-5-tuoi-o-tp-hcm-duoc-tiem-vac-xin-soi-20241018010459264.htm