Unusual rise in pinkeye infections in northern VNPinkeye cases have been occurring nationwide in a scattered manner, but they are tending to increase and can spread rapidly if preventive measures are not taken, health experts warn. A doctor at the Central Eye Hospital in Ha Noi examines a patient. The Hanoi-based Central Eye Hospital reported that it had seen an increase in the appearance of pinkeye among outpatients. "It is noticeable that the number of infected people were concentrated in crowded apartment buildings with poor circulation," he said. “Pinkeye virus then spreads rapidly through direct contact with an infected person via the respiratory tract, tears, saliva and handshake,” he said.

Source: VietNamNet News February 17, 2017 10:07 UTC