More than 100 new diarrhea cases reported in Dong Nai

It began Monday with four officials and 12 jail detainees suffering from diarrhea in the southern province of Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa Town.

The next day, 78 new cases cropped up, and the numbers jumped to 12 and 82 respectively, the town police said Wednesday. The police have asked the town’s Preventive Health Center to continue to spray chemicals to kill bacteria and to take measures to stop a diarrhea outbreak at the jail’s quarters where detainees are kept. On April 20, a diarrhea outbreak affecting 513 residents hit Xuan Tam and Xuan Thanh communes in Xuan Loc District. It was brought under control six days later. Pasteur Institute Ho Chi Minh City on Monday came to the communes to take samples for testing. Reported by Hoang Tuan