Disease

Rabies - New Zealand

New Zealand health officials confirmed the country has had its first case of rabies. The overseas traveller died from the disease last week, but this person posed no health risk to any member of the public while in New Zealand. The disease was contracted overseas and then the person was diagnosed in New Zealand.

Vietnam - Chickenpox, Dengue Fever

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Hanoi reported this week the number of cases of chickenpox and dengue fever in the city continued to increase. Last week, Hanoi recorded 86 cases of chickenpox. From the beginning of 2023 until now, the city has had 634 cases of chickenpox (while in the same period in 2022, there were only 6 cases).

In the past week, 17 cases of dengue fever were recorded. Thus, accumulated from the beginning of 2023 until now, Hanoi has had 189 cases of dengue fever (an increase of nearly 19 times compared to the same period in 2022).