Vietnam : More kids hospitalised due to viral disease

Via Vietnam News :

" Cold winds and fears of hand-foot-mouth disease spread have caused an increasing number of children to be hospitalised at the Ha Noi National Hospital of Paediatrics for respiratory diseases.

Head of the hospital's Consultation Department Can Phu Nhuan said that the department received around 3,000 children last Monday, 1.5 times higher than the normal figure.

Almost all patients showed symptoms including coughing, fevers, sneezing and even pneumonia, he said, adding that children aged between 1 and 3 were usually more vulnerable to respiratory diseases.

Nguyen Thi Lien, from northern Thai Binh Province, had to take her one-year-old child to the hospital twice this month because of fevers and a sore throat.

However, Nhuan said that parents should not be overly worried when their children coughed, as it was a natural reflex to help push harmful bacteria out of their lungs."

India : Maharashtra Govt takes several steps to prevent viral diseases

Via New Kerala :

" Nagpur, Dec 9: In order to prevent viral diseases like Swine flue, the Maharashtra government has taken several measures such as appointment of disaster management team at the state and districts level, provision of death audit meetings, separate control room and proper training of doctors, Public Health and Welfare Minister Suresh Shetty and Minister of state Fauziya Khan informed the Council today.

They were replying to a question raised by members Prakash Binsale and Vinod Tawade among others about the deaths due to viral diseases.

While submitting the written information on the same in the House, they said the deaths caused by malaria and dengue were 114 and five respectively, while 435 died due to swine flu in the state and no death was reported due to typhoid."