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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Dengue cases in Malaysia have reached endemic level, says Health Ministry

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said more must be done to clean up Aedes breeding grounds. – The Malaysian Insider pic, July 10, 2014.Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said more must be done to clean up Aedes breeding grounds. – The Malaysian Insider pic, July 10, 2014.
The state of dengue in Malaysia has reached an endemic level as the number of cases continue to rise, the Health Ministry has reported.
The Singapore Straits Times in a report said as of last Saturday, there have been 46,681 such cases, which is a 246% increase from the previous year in the same period.
The daily said the number of deaths is also alarming as 87 people have died from the disease, a 222% increase in dengue deaths compared to the same period last year.
The Straits Times said Selangor has accounted for more than half of the dengue cases so far this year, recording 36 deaths from the 26,441 cases reported.
According to the report, other states listed among the top contributors of dengue cases include Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (4,007 cases and seven deaths), Perak (2,956 cases, seven deaths), Kelantan (2,898 cases, four deaths), Johor (2,632 cases, 14 deaths) and Negri Sembilan (2,360 cases, three deaths).
The report said dengue deaths were also recorded in Kedah and Malacca (four deaths respectively) and Penang (three deaths). Two deaths were reported each in Sabah and Sarawak, and one in Terengganu.
In the report, the health minister urged for more to be done to clean up Aedes breeding grounds and to raise awareness on the matter at the grassroots level.
- TMI

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