From early 2024 to now, the number of whooping cough cases in Ho Chi Minh City has increased compared to previous years. Most of the children with the disease are not old enough to be vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated.
According to the report of the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City on the situation of infectious diseases in the Southern region in the first 5 months of 2024, the number of whooping cough cases is increasing with 40 cases. Of which, 67.5% of the cases are in children under 3 months old and 75.7% of the cases have not been vaccinated or are not yet old enough to be vaccinated.
According to the report of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) on the epidemic situation, as of June 12, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 30 cases of whooping cough, of which 90% of cases were in children under 5 years old and 40% of cases were in children under 2 months old - this is the age group that has not yet reached the age of receiving the first vaccination in the Expanded Immunization Program. All children with whooping cough had mothers who had not been vaccinated or had an unknown history of whooping cough vaccination.
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| When children show signs or are suspected of having whooping cough, they must stay home from school, be isolated and taken to a medical facility for timely treatment. |
According to Children's Hospital 2, about one-third of whooping cough cases require oxygen therapy, more than one-quarter of cases are diagnosed with pneumonia or bronchiolitis, bronchopneumonia, or gastroesophageal reflux. Through epidemiological investigation, these cases appear sporadically and there is currently no recorded epidemiological link to each other.
With the increasing number of whooping cough cases, the Ho Chi Minh City health sector has increased health education and communication activities on how to prevent whooping cough, vaccination schedules for children and pregnant women with whooping cough components. At the same time, it has increased regular vaccination activities, catch-up vaccinations, and screening and vaccination invitations for children who have not been vaccinated or have not received enough doses of whooping cough vaccine.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, whooping cough is an acute respiratory infection that often occurs in young children. The disease is transmitted through the respiratory tract, and infants and young children are mainly infected by their mothers or caregivers at home.
The disease may initially be asymptomatic or have a low fever, with upper respiratory tract inflammation, fatigue, loss of appetite and cough. The cough becomes more severe and becomes paroxysmal within 1-2 weeks, lasting 1-2 months or longer. However, in infants, some may not cough but instead turn cyanotic or even stop breathing.
In Vietnam, whooping cough is widespread throughout the country. In cases where whooping cough occurs, the disease often progresses severely, leading to death due to secondary infections that cause complications such as pneumonia, bronchitis - pneumonia, especially in children under 5 years old and malnourished children.
“The vaccination schedule for children with pertussis vaccine in Vietnam begins when they are 2 months old. To protect children from pertussis before they are old enough to be vaccinated, passive immunity inherited from the mother is essential. Therefore, it is necessary to vaccinate pregnant mothers with pertussis vaccine to protect them from being infected and transmitting pertussis to their children,” the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health informed.
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