As many as 920 people in the central province of Phu Yen have contracted dengue fever so far this year, a whopping 550 percent increase year-on-year, and two have died.

Head of the hospital’s Department of Infectious Diseases, Doan Van Hau, said it has only 25 beds, but there were more than 100 inpatients, 62 with dengue fever.

Since April, the department has received 429 dengue fever inpatients and mobilized all of the hospital’s personnel in providing treatment, but the resources were badly lacking, Hau added.

Phu Yen has had the central region’s highest incidence of dengue fever over the last five years, the meeting heard.

Reported by Hung Phien