Pink-eye disease spreads in localities
The number of people suffering from pink-eye disease (conjunctivitis) has increased rapidly in many localities in Vietnam due to the rainy season.
Since the beginning of September, more than 100 patients, mostly children, have visited the eye hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho each day to seek conjunctivitis-related check-ups and treatment.
The patients mainly come from Can Tho and other Mekong Delta provinces, including Hau Giang, Soc Trang and Vinh Long.
In the central province of Binh Dinh, its eye hospital has reported more than 1,110 cases of pink-eye disease over the past four days.
The central city of Danang has also counted more than 300 cases of the disease due to unhygienic water source as a consequence of the recent eighth storm.
Local healthcare agencies have stepped up educational activities on how to prevent the disease, particularly keeping personal hygiene, and urge patients to seek treatment at medical stations.