Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha gave a speech at the meeting.

On the afternoon of March 18, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha - Head of the Steering Committee for human disease prevention and control in the city - chaired an online conference with districts, towns and cities on human disease prevention and control.

According to the report of the Hanoi Department of Health, the number of measles cases in the city has tended to increase from the last 2 months of 2024 to present. Accumulated from 2024 to March 14, 2025, the whole city recorded 1,446 measles cases. The average number of cases in the last 4 weeks is 108 cases/week.

Among the districts with a high number of measles cases, Hoang Mai district is at the top with 221 cases, followed by Ha Dong with 100 cases, Thanh Tri with 93 cases, Nam Tu Liem with 90 cases, Dong Da with 85 cases, Tay Ho with 71 cases, Hoan Kiem with 66 cases...

Most of the patients were under 5 years old (66%) and had not been vaccinated or had not received 2 doses of vaccine (91%). It is worth noting that in 2025, the number of cases increased in the age group of 6-8 months; while the age of vaccination in the expanded immunization program is 9 months old.

Hanoi speeds up measles vaccination campaign for children

In addition, since the beginning of the year, the city has recorded 290 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease; 186 cases of dengue fever; 4,045 cases of seasonal flu...

Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Health Vu Cao Cuong said that the number of measles cases is on the rise, the vaccination rate for children from 6 months to under 9 months old is still slow. Most of the cases have not been vaccinated or have not been fully vaccinated against measles...

In response to the above developments, Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha, speaking at the conference, requested the Department of Health and local units and localities to focus on and vigorously implement the measles vaccination campaign for children from 6 to under 9 months old. Ms. Ha requested that by the end of March 31, the entire Hanoi must complete the measles vaccination campaign according to the Government's direction (achieving the target of 95%).

At the same time, localities should step up the work of preventing and fighting dengue fever and other epidemics, and need to implement environmental sanitation early, actively implementing the bright - green - clean - beautiful emulation movement that the city has just launched...