VietNamNet Bridge – The quantity of chickenpox cases in the south has been on the ascent, with numerous infants getting contaminated, specialists said.
The chickenpox season starts in February and endures until June, topping in May and June, Truong Huu Khanh, leader of the HCM City Pediatrics Hospital No 1's disease and neurology division, said.
Since February, the clinic has been conceding a normal of seven to nine kids each week, Khanh said.
Numerous kids under three months of age, including a nine-day-old patient, gotten the infection from their moms, he said.
To Minh Trang of Long A Province said that she had contracted chickenpox four days before conveying her infant.
After nine days her infant created indications of chickenpox with rankles on the face, hand and feet.
Infants are profoundly helpless, and the death rate in babies is high at 25-30 for every penny, Khanh said.
He educated that ladies with respect to kid bearing age and kids ought to get the chickenpox immunization.
Nguyen Tran Nam, leader of the disease ward, said the quantity of outpatients with chickenpox too has taken off in the previous couple of days.
The sickness is generally mellow yet it can be perilous for a few people, for example, pregnant ladies, infants and individuals with debilitated invulnerable frameworks.