In mid-April, 70 people in the Vietnamese southern province of Long An were hospitalized due to an unidentified infectious disease.

The disease, whose symptoms include rashes in faces, necks, legs and arms, and mild fever, has quickly transmitted from the sufferers to a number of their relatives, other patients and healthcare staff in the Long An Hospital, local newspaper People'sPolice reported Monday.

The disease may have been caused by a kind of virus, which livesin insects, the hospital's Vice Director Phan Loi said, adding that the hospital has sprayed insecticides and closed the windows to prevent insects from entering rooms.

Local relevant agencies are investigating the right cause of the disease.

Source: Xinhua