Regional AlertOccurrence of disease at same time likely to cause overlappingepidemics November 10, 2023By MBDS Team7 Nov 2023. People are more likely to get sick when the weather changes. Theoccurrence of dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, chickenpox, pinkeye, respiratory diseases, and influenza at the same time is causing the risk ofoverlapping epidemics. Worse, these diseases also tend to increase in thenumber of cases due to the impact of the weather changes. READ MORE
Regional AlertCambodia becomes COVID-free November 2, 2023By MBDS Team31 Oct 2023. Cambodia has become a state of COVID-zero after the last patient recovered, according to a health ministry’s statement. The country reported no new cases of COVID-19 for 31 days straight, the statement said, adding that since the pandemic began in January 2020, the southeast Asian nation has logged a total of 136,262 confirmed cases with 133,206 recoveries and 3,056 deaths. READ MORE
Regional AlertHCMC learns four profound lessons from fight against Covid-19 pandemic November 2, 2023By MBDS Team29 Oct 2023. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam has learned experiences and profound lessons from the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, said the Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee during online conference summarizing the works of the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control with the chair of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the steering committee on October 29. READ MORE
Regional Alert10 in hospital after food poisoning from funeral noodles in Cambodia October 28, 2023By MBDS Team27 Oct 2023. 10 people were rushed to hospital with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after they consumed noodles at a funeral ceremony in Tang Beam village, Pich Changva commune, Baribo district. READ MORE
Regional AlertHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam records first death of HIV-positive man with monkeypox October 28, 2023By MBDS Team25 Oct 2023. The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City said that a 30-year-old male patient hailing from Long An Province died of monkeypox (mpox) in the late stage of immunodeficiency at the Hospital of Tropical Diseases. READ MORE
Regional AlertOf 20 monkeypox cases, 18 diagnosed with B20 October 25, 2023By MBDS Team23 Oct 2023. The Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector in Vietnam is treating 20 cases of monkeypox at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, including 18 cases diagnosed with B20 as of October 22. READ MORE
Regional AlertCovid-19 downgraded to Group B infectious disease October 25, 2023By MBDS Team20 Oct 2023. Covid-19 is no longer an infectious disease in Group A but downgraded to Group B from October 20, according to a decision issued on October 19 by the Ministry of Health (MoH), Vietnam. READ MORE
Regional AlertHealth Ministry issues pink eye warning October 20, 2023By MBDS Team20 Oct 2023. The Ministry of Health provided information detailing preventive and control measures for conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye disease, which is spreading through areas in Cambodia. READ MORE
Regional AlertDengue cases surpass 30,000 in Laos October 20, 2023By MBDS Team15 Oct 2023. The number of dengue cases in Laos increased to 30,323 this week after 164 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Laos Ministry of Health. READ MORE
Regional AlertHCMC records six more monkeypox cases October 18, 2023By MBDS Team16 Oct 2023. During the past week, HCMC identified six more cases of monkeypox, increasing the total count of monkeypox cases in the city to 19. READ MORE
