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  • #16
    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/worst-peri...063349022.html

    Worst period for dengue cases over but NEA urges continued vigilance
    Staff Writer, Singapore
    Editorial Team
    Yahoo News Singapore22 October 2019

    SINGAPORE — The dengue situation in Singapore this year may have passed its worst period, but the National Environment Agency (NEA) is urging residents to continue to be vigilant in preventing infection rates from rising again.

    According to an update in the NEA website on Tuesday (22 October), the number of weekly dengue cases has fallen from a high of 664 in the second week of July to 239 in the week ending Sunday (19 October).

    From 19 July to 12 October, the number of reported dengue cases has gone down for 13th consecutive weeks. NEA said that this trend suggests that Singapore has passed the high disease transmission period seen in July and August this year.

    Of the 1,267 dengue clusters notified since the start of the year, the NEA has also closed 1,192 of them.

    However, the past week saw an increase in dengue cases reported, from 229 in the week ending 12 October to 239...

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    • #17
      Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...-than-a-decade

      Dengue is on the rise again, with most deaths in more than a decade
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      4 hours ago
      Salma Khalik
      Senior Health Correspondent

      SINGAPORE - Dengue infections are on the rise again, after several months of decline. Twelve people have died in the last four months, bringing the total deaths from dengue for the year to 18, the highest since 2007...

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      • #18
        Source: https://www.businessinsider.sg/singa...e-end-of-year/


        Singapore has had over 5 times more dengue cases this year than last year – and it could surge further through the end of year
        Jessica Lin
        November 28, 2019
        The Straits Times

        Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) is urging households to “mosquito-proof” their homes, after the number of reported dengue cases surged more than five fold from last year.

        In a release dated November 27, NEA said that as of November 23, the total number of dengue cases reported in 2019 – 14,658 – had already exceeded the number of cases reported in the same period last year by five-and-a-half times.

        At the moment, the number remains lower than in 2013, when 22,170 cases were recorded for the entire year.

        In addition, the number of dengue cases in Singapore has steadily increased over a five-week period from October 13 to November 16, before declining again from November 17 to 23...

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