Malaysia: 2010 dengue/chikungunya cases

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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=487134

April 01, 2010 15:08 PM

Three People Died Of Dengue Last Week

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Bernama) -- Three people died of dengue fever last week bringing the death toll this year to 43 compared to 37 in 2009.

Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said two death cases were in Selangor while the other was in Sarawak.

He said they died of complications from haemorrhagic dengue fever in risky areas with aedes breeding of 3.4-3.8 percent.

Dengue cases declined 11 percent to 797 cass compared to 898 the previous week making 12,157 accumulated cases compared to 14,108 cases last year.

Dr Mohd Ismail said despite less cases, the number of death cases increased 16 percent compared to last year.

Highly active breeding of aedes at "hotspots" were still being reported in Selangor, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan.

He said clean-up operations had been done at 13 of the 60 "hotspots" to rid the areas of mosquito breeding grounds.

On Chikungunya, he said 14 cases were reported last week compared to 39 the previous week bringing the total this year to 500 compared to 1,116 in 2009.

All the Chikungunya cases were reported in three areas in Sarawak.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Published: Friday April 2, 2010 MYT 11:00:00 AM
Updated: Friday April 2, 2010 MYT 1:32:31 PM
Comedian Din Beramboi dies (Update)

KUALA LUMPUR: Popular comedian Din Beramboi (pic), 43, died of haemorrhagic dengue fever at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Selayang Hospital at 12.30am Friday.

Din Beramboi who was in critical condition died after his liver and kidneys failed.

Born Mior Ahmad Fuad Mior Badri, Din Beramboi is also a popular radio presenter...

 

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Source: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100407203832/Article/index_html

Six die of dengue in Sarawak this year

2010/04/07


KUCHING: A 51-year-old man from Betong died of dengue on March 23, bringing the death toll this year to six in Sarawak.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan said the other five deaths reported were in Kuching (two) and one each in Samarahan, Miri and Serian.

However, he said the general trend of the dengue outbreak in the state indicated a declining trend.

"The present dengue outbreak began last September last year. During its peak, about 250 to 300 cases of dengue were reported weekly.

"Five worst affected districts in the state were Miri, Sibu, Kuching, Bintulu and Lundu.

"However, the number of dengue cases is showing a declining trend, beginning in the first week of the year.

"Now, the districts that still having active transmission are Miri (417 cases) and Sibu (280 cases)," he told reporters at a media conference when updating on the dengue and chikungunya situation in the state at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here at Petra Jaya here today.

Dr Chan, who is also state disaster management committee chairman, said 1,638 cases of dengue were reported till April 3, this year while last year (from January to December), 4,564 cases and six deaths were recorded.

On the chikungunya situation in Sarawak, he said the outbreak had shown a declining trend from the 46th week last year.

Meanwhile, Dr Chan said 27 positive cases of the H1N1 virus were reported to the Sarawak health department, as of last Monday (April 6). Nevertheless, he said it also showed a declining trend in the state.

Last year, the H1N1 virus claimed five lives in the state and 724 positive cases were reported. - Bernama

 

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Source: http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20100408-209111.html

Housewife succumbs to dengue fever
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
New Straits Times
By Adib Povera

SUNGAI PETANI, Malaysia - A 56-year-old housewife died of haemorrhagic dengue fever at Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital here on Tuesday.

Lim Geak Lean, of Taman Ria, died about 10 days after she was admitted to the hospital.

A relative of the family, who requested anonymity, said Lim had suffered from fever and complained of heavy bleeding while passing motion before she was admitted on March 27.

"Her condition did not show any improvement and we were worried when we heard a few of our neighbours were hospitalised for dengue.

"We were shocked when a doctor at the hospital confirmed that Lim was down with dengue," he said at Lim's house.

It is learnt that Lim's neighbourhood has been listed as a dengue risk area after several residents were affected by the disease.

However, these people have responded well to treatment and are expected to be discharged from hospital soon.

The state Health Department has also taken steps to contain the disease from spreading by fogging mosquito repellent and destroying the breeding grounds.

In Alor Star, the state Health Committee chairman Dr Ismail Salleh said 15 cases were recorded in the state since January.

"Four districts -- Kuala Muda, Kulim, Kubang Pasu and Kota Star -- have been identified as dengue risk areas and has been placed under constant monitoring by the health department," he said yesterday.

In Kuala Lumpur, the director-general of health, Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican, urged the public to cooperate with the health ministry to contain the spread of the disease which has infected 12,980 people and claimed 45 lives between January and April 3 compared with 15,031 cases and 37 deaths during the same period last year.

He advised people having symptoms of the disease to seek treatment immediately.

"Delay in seeking treatment can lead to complication and death."

Dr Ismail said the rise in cases and deaths this year was also attributed to the intermittent rain and hot weather.

Some of the states with the highest number of cases and deaths between January and April 3 are Selangor with 6,080 cases and 25 deaths, Sarawak 1,638 cases and six deaths, Kuala Lumpur/Putrajaya 1,424 cases and two deaths, and Johor 757 cases and three deaths.

In Kuching, there has been a worrying increase in dengue cases in Sarawak, with six deaths and 1,638 cases reported in the first quarter of the year.

The number of deaths reported for the whole of last year was also six and 4,564 cases.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan said there were 250 to 300 cases reported per week during the peak of the outbreak since September last year.

He said five of the worst effected districts were Miri, Sibu, Kuching, Bintulu and Lundu.

 

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Dengue cases up, so clean up and wipe out Aedes
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
New Straits Times


PUTRAJAYA - Just a mosquito bite but it has already killed 47 people this year.

Expressing concern, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said Malaysians had only themselves to blame for not taking the 10 minutes a week to search within and outside their houses for aedes mosquito breeding grounds and destroy them.

"We can initiate fogging activities, gotong-royong and awareness campaigns but the people have to cooperate with the authorities to keep their homes and surroundings free of aedes breeding sites," he added.

Between April 4 and April 10, 886 new dengue cases were reported nationwide, an increase of 63 cases over the previous week.

Selangor still topped the list, followed by Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Perlis and Terengganu.

Between Jan 1 and April 10, 13,866 people were infected with dengue, of whom 47 died. The same period last year saw 15,825 cases with 39 deaths.

The majority of the 41 aedes hot spots are in Selangor, Johor, Pahang and here.

As for chikungunya, Dr Ismail said 17 new cases were reported, 15 in Sarawak and two in Selangor.

This year's figures are encouraging, with just 525 cases reported between January and April 10 compared with 1,219 cases during the same period last year.

 

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Published: Wednesday April 21, 2010 MYT 12:51:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday April 21, 2010 MYT 2:18:42 PM
Five dengue deaths last week, bringing year's toll to 52

PETALING JAYA: Five people have died from dengue in the week between April 11 and Saturday.

Two of the five deaths occured in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, two in Selangor and one in Kelantan.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said the deaths were due to complications, either from dengue haemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome.

Four of the deaths, he added, occured in either areas with dengue epidemic or high breeding rate of aedes mosquitoes.

Dr Ismail said the rising trend of dengue deaths was worrying as monitoring showed that only 15 out of the 52 deaths this year had been diagnosed as dengue fever before the patients were admitted to hospitals.

"This shows that there are still cases where there is a delay in diagnosis although the patients come early for treatment," he said.

He said there were 886 dengue cases reported in that week, an increase of 28 cases compared to the previous week.

He also said seven states showed an increase in the number of dengue cases recorded - Johor (24), Kelantan (17), Sarawak (15), Penang (7), Terengganu (3), Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (3) and Negri Sembilan (1).

He said the number of dengue cases reported this year stood at 14,780 with 52 deaths, as compared to 16,684 with 40 deaths in the corresponding period last year.

He said although the number of cases had decreased by 11%, the number of fatalities had climbed by 33%.

He said 38 dengue hot spots had been identified, 24 of which were in Selangor, Federal Territories and Pahang.

 

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April 25, 2010 15:59 PM

Four Dengue Deaths In KL So Far This Year

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) -- Four deaths due to dengue were reported from among the 1,639 cases of the disease recorded so far this year in the city, Kuala Lumpur City Hall Director of Health Dr Sallehuddin Abu Bakar said on Sunday.

He said the 1,639 cases were higher than the 1,447 recorded for the corresponding period last year.

Dr Sallehuddin appealed to the public to ensure that their homes and surroundings were free of the potential breeding grounds of the Aedes mosquito, carrier of the dengue virus.

The places regarded as active breeding areas of the mosquito in Kuala Lumpur included Cheras, Setapak, Kepong and Jalan Klang Lama, he told reporters after closing the Communications for Behaviour Impact (Combi) programme at a flats in Keramat Wangsa, here.

The 39 participants of the programme were entrusted with ensuring that the area was free from dengue, besides disseminating information to the residents on the harm caused by the Aedes mosquito.

-- BERNAMA

 

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April 27, 2010 17:28 PM

Losing Battle Against Dengue

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (Bernama) -- Disappointed with the public apathy towards efforts to eliminate aedes mosquito breeding grounds, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Rashid said the ministry is fighting a losing battle against the disease unless there is proactive response from the people.

She was also saddened that despite the high awareness among the people of the danger of dengue, their participation and commitment to eliminating the epidemic was very low.

"This is indeed very sad, as many are still not taking this epidemic seriously and taking the necessary steps to contain it, when the preventive steps are simple where you only need 10 minutes a week to clean up your houses and clear any stagnant waters," she told reporters after launching the 2010 Anti-Dengue Campaign here today.

Calling on the public to change to a healthy lifestyle and cleaner environment, Rosnah said they should be more vigilant, just like in the case of the Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic.

Dengue cases involving death in the country had been on the rise, with 54 deaths up to April 24, compared with 41 deaths last year.

From April 18 to 24, a total of 885 cases were reported nationwide, a drop of 29 cases or three per cent compared with 914 cases the previous week.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/29/nation/20100429182232&sec=nation


Published: Thursday April 29, 2010 MYT 6:17:00 PM
Housewife is 55th dengue victim this year

PUTRAJAYA: A 42-year-old housewife from Sungai Siput, Perak, became the 55th victim who died of dengue fever in the first four months of the year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Abdul Rashid.

"The figure is high and more efforts are needed to prevent further casualties," she told reporters at the pre-launch of 1Malaysia Health Carnival here Thursday...

 

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Fewer dengue cases, but higher death toll

KUALA LUMPUR (May 9, 2010): Although dengue fever cases are on the decline, the death toll recorded so far this year is higher than that recorded over the same period last year.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, said as such, the public must be vigilant and continue taking preventive measures against dengue.


"Between January and May 1, this year, only 16,455 dengue cases were reported as compared to 18,401 cases in the corresponding period last year.

"Yet, 56 deaths were reported over the same period this year, an increase by 30% from 43 deaths last year," she told reporters after opening the 1Malaysia Health Carnival in Setiawangsa here today.

She said fogging with insecticide alone, would not be able to control dengue.


"What is more important is for everyone to spend at least 10 minutes a week to destroy potential breeding grounds for the Aedes mosquitoes in their residential areas," she said, adding that those suspected of having dengue fever should immediately seek medical attention.


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May 09, 2010 17:29 PM

Remain Vigilant Against Dengue - Rosnah

..."Between January and May 1, this year, only 16,455 dengue cases were reported as compared to 18,401 cases in the corresponding period last year.

"Yet, 56 deaths were reported over the same period this year, an increase by 30 per cent from 43 deaths last year," she told reporters after opening the 1Malaysia Health Carnival in Setiawangsa here on Sunday.

She said fogging with insecticide alone, would not be able to control dengue...

 

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May 19, 2010 20:04 PM

Two Deaths Due To Dengue Within Last Seven Days

PUTRAJAYA, May 19 (Bernama) -- A total of 766 dengue cases with two deaths were reported for a period of seven days from May 9, an increase of six cases or one per cent compared with the 760 cases reported in the previous week.

Six states showed a rise in the number of cases reported, namely Selangor (36 cases), Negeri Sembilan (nine cases), Melaka (five), Terengganu (four), Pahang (two) and Penang (one).

"The number of accumulated cases reported for this year was 17,981 cases compared with 20,187 cases for the corresponding period of 2009," said the director-general of health, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican, in a statement Wednesday.

"Although there is a drop of 11 per cent in the number of cases this year, the number of fatalities also increased by 11 per cent from 52 deaths last year to 58 deaths in the corresponding period of this year," he said.

The two deaths reported last week were from Selangor, he said.

Dr Mohd Ismail said the two deaths, which were due to Dengue Shock Syndrome, occurred in an area where the rate of Aedes breeding was high, which was between two and 3.6 per cent and one of the cases occurred in a dengue hot spot.

Meanwhile, three cases of Chikungunya were reported during the same period, a drop of two cases compared to the five reported in the previous week.

Of the three cases reported, two were in Selangor while the other was in Negeri Sembilan.

The number of accumulated Chikungunya cases was 549 compared with 1,945 cases, a drop of 1,396 cases or 72 per cent from the corresponding period of 2009.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Dengue Fever Stops Danish and Norwegian Robinson Expedition in Malaysia
24.05.2010 | news Bjarne Wildau

TV3 has been forced to evacuate the Danish and Norwegian team from a tropical island in Malaysia after several of the 200- strong team has been hit by high fever and other symptoms.

Tests showed that at least four members of the team were hit by the dengue fever virus, writes Danish Berlingske.dk

?According to suggestion by doctors and Scandinavian health authorities, there was only one viable option: immediately stop production and a subsequent evacuation?, says Jacob Juhl, executive producer from Strix TV.

The entire 200-strong Robinson-team consists of participants, crew, children, guests and spouses are evacuated to the nearby Malaysian city of Johor Baru, where there is access to expert help from the local health authorities.

The team also includes a Norwegian member. Until now, there is no Danish participants show symptoms of fever...

 

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May 24, 2010 14:55 PM

Many Malaysians Yet To Take H1N1 Vaccine - Liow Tiong Lai

CYBERJAYA, May 24 (Bernama) -- The response to the H1N1 vaccine among Malaysians is still low with many of them not getting the vaccination despite it can be obtained free at government hospitals and clinics nationwide, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said Monday.

He said this should not happen, especially among those in the high risk category, since H1N1 was still an epidemic.

So far, he said, only 123,000 Malaysians had been given the vaccine.

"The vaccine has no serious effects, except a slight pain in the arm, mild fever and dizziness among some people," he told a press conference here today.

Earlier, Liow bestowed the title of life honorary president of the Malaysian Lim Association on Lim Kok Wing Creative and Technology University president Tan Sri Dr Lim Kok Wing here.

On the current H1N1 situation, Liow said 14,633 H1N1 cases, including 86 deaths, had been reported in the country so far.

"There are 590 cases of influenza-like illness under treatment with 61 of them confirmed as H1N1 positive.

"Eight of the patients are in the Intensive care Unit and all of them are high risk cases," he added.

Liow advised those having symptoms of the disease to seek immediate treatment .

On dengue situation, he said the disease had claimed 60 lives between January and May 22 this year.

He said a total of 18,850 dengue cases, with 60 deaths, were reported during the period, compared with 20,934 cases and 53 deaths in the corresponding period last year.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Dengue fatalities alarming: Rosnah

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Papar: Dengue fatalities have reached an alarming level in the country, increasing by 13 per cent during the first five months of this year, from the corresponding period last year.

Disclosing this, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin (pic) said there was a rise of seven cases this year with the ministry recording 60 fatal dengue cases compared to 53 last year.

"The number of dengue cases has gone down but the number of fatal cases has gone up.

"The ministry registered a total of 18,815 dengue cases from Jan to May 2010 accounting for a reduction of 2,159 cases compared to 20,974 cases during the same period last year.

"Unfortunately, there was an increase of seven fatal dengue cases or 13 per cent more than the number of cases in 2010 (60) and 2009 (53).

This figure really worries the ministry but again it comes back to the public's awareness about cleaning their surroundings to prevent the breeding of the mosquitoes," she said.

Rosnah, who is also Papar MP, said this to reporters after closing a Healthy Lifestyle Programme and blood donation campaign at the National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) at Kinarut, here, on Monday.

A total of 250 IKBN students donated their blood to replenish supply at the blood bank of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

Also present were IKBN Sabah director Haji Dahali Matsin, and his two deputy directors, namely, Sempini Langiton and Muhammad Hamdan Abdullah Hazam.

Rosnah said among the factors for the increase in fatalities is the fact that those who had survived dengue got infected with the disease for the second time and those who delayed getting medical treatment.

"There is no vaccine yet for dengue and there is no medicine to overcome the disease. That is why we are calling on the public to immediately get medical attention when having fever as such symptoms could be an indication of H1N1, influenza-like-illness (ILI) or dengue.

"We are also repeating our call to all committees at village level and residential parks especially house owners to do regular cleaning in and outside their homes," she said.

To a question, Rosnah said the ministry has not received any report of dengue cases from schools in the country.

In fact, she said, schools and Parent-Teacher Associations are encouraged to organise gotong-royong at least once a week to ensure no areas in schools have the potential to breed mosquitoes.

On dengue hotspots, she said about 26 hotspots have been identified in the country as of last week.

Earlier, Rosnah said only 30 per cent of Malaysians are doing physical exercise and of this, only 11.6 per cent are doing it the right way.

She said it is quite worrying that many Malaysians choose not to exercise for health purposes.

She also advised Malaysians to follow the food pyramid as it is designed based on the nation's way of life and culture.
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June 03, 2010 20:10 PM

Dengue: 789 Cases And One Death Reported Last Week

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (Bernama) -- A total of 789 dengue cases and one death were reported between May 23 and 29, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said Thursday.

He said this was a decrease of 45 cases or five per cent compared with 834 cases recorded the previous week.

The only death due to dengue reported last week was in Melaka, involving a patient who died of dengue haemorrhagic fever with underlying complex cyanotic heart disease, he said in a statement here Thursday.

Johor recorded the highest increase with 29 cases, followed by Pahang (20), Kedah (14), Kelantan (13), Kuala Lumpur/Putrajaya (10) and Perak (one).

Dr Mohd Ismail said the accumulated dengue cases recorded so far this year was 19,604 compared with 21,707 for corresponding period.

"Although the number of dengue cases recorded so far this year has dropped by 10 per cent compared with last year, the death toll has increased to 61 from 53 previously," he said.

Dr Mohd Ismail said that throughout last week, 24 high-risk areas were still active compared with 34 the previous week, involving Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Sabah.

Of the total, he said, 11 areas still had high Aedes-breeding rates and only four had conducted gotong-royong activities to curb the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes.

He said the gotong-royong activities in dengue epidermic areas had yet to reach its target as the public awareness level on the danger of Aedes-breeding grounds was still low.

Meanwhile, he said, three cases of the Chikungunya viral disease were reported last week -- two in Sarawak and one in Sabah -- a drop of three compared with the previous weekly.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Dengue Cases Drop, Fatalities Up

PENAMPANG, June 5 (Bernama) -- Although the number of dengue cases dropped during the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year, the number of fatalities increased.

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said the total number of dengue cases as at 8am today showed a 10 per cent drop, with 20,215 cases compared to 22,278 during the same period in 2009.

However, she said 62 deaths were reported so far this year compared to 56 over the same period last year.

"The increase is not caused by the environment or poor public awareness, but studies by the ministry found the patients' immune system to be weak as they had experienced dengue fever before.

"Some had experienced it two or three times previously and hence were more susceptible to infection," she told reporters after simultaneously officiating at the Kaamatan Festival, Youth Day, Teachers Day and Nurses Day celebrations organised by Sabah Puteri Umno in Kampung Limbanak, here, Saturday.

Rosnah also said that 56 influenza-like illness (ILI) clusters had been reported as at 8am today in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka and Johor.

She added that 532 ILI patients were being treated at the government hospitals or clinics, with 50 of the cases reported to be positive for Influenza A(H1N1) and nine of them admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.

-- BERNAMA

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July 04, 2010 19:46 PM

Dengue On The Rise In Sabah

PAPAR, July 4 (Bernama) -- Sabah recorded 1,161 dengue cases from January to July 2 this year, a huge increase compared to 534 cases during the same period last year.

"This new trend is alarming because the number of dengue cases in Sabah has always been among the lowest," she told reporters after opening a Kaamatan Festival and health campaign at Taman Perumahan Kinarut Selatan, here.

She called on the people to intensify steps to prevent the spread of the disease and make dengue-prevention their daily routines.

At the national level, she said although the overall number of cases showed a decrease, there were more deaths recorded this year.

Eighty dengue death recorded so far this year compared to 62 last year, she said.

-- BERNAMA
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Concern over rise in dengue cases
by Natalie Heng


Datuk Liow Tiong Lai

KUALA LUMPUR (July 07, 2010): Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said today the rise of dengue, which has led to 81 deaths so far this year, is cause for concern.

?This is in contrast to a total of 88 deaths throughout the whole of last year,? he said.
?Despite a decline in the number of dengue cases, there has been an increase in mortality cases, and the public has to take this very seriously.?

Liow said it was imperative that the public seek early treatment if they experience symptoms of a dengue infection, especially now as this is a peak breeding period for the Aedes mosquito.

?Dengue is not curable but we can treat the symptoms, so it is important that they are treated before they progress too far. Any situation involving, for example, low platelet count needs to be treated promptly,? he said.

Liow said a large-scale dengue eradication campaign will be launched on July 18 and would include awareness and gotong-royong activities involving all levels of society.

Liow was speaking after launching hospital support services provider Faber Medi-Serve Sdn Bhd?s limited edition coffee table book on healthcare in Malaysia.

He said the healthcare sector had come a long way and the quality of primary healthcare services in the country was a role model for other countries.

?The privatisation of hospital support services has added value and efficiency to the management and operations of hospitals,? he said.

Faber Medi-Serve support services for government hospitals.
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Wet season brings danger

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have more to fear from dengue than from the Influenza A(H1N1) virus, especially during the current raining season, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

He said 10 deaths had been recorded from dengue in the past two weeks while the last A(H1N1) victim ? the 89th death since the outbreak last year ? died on June 23.

He said although the ministry would continue to monitor the virus, dengue was serious with the increase in the number of fatalities.

?As at July 4, there were 24,240 cases with 81 deaths, as compared to 25,234 cases with 62 deaths in the same period last year. Selangor has the highest number ? 10,699 cases with 34 deaths.

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More dengue cases in Sibu

SIBU: There has been a dramatic 589% increase in the number of dengue cases recorded here this year.

The Sibu Division Health Department said in a statement yesterday that as at July 3, there were 483 cases, including 57 with haemorrhagic dengue, and five deaths.

In comparison, there were only 82 dengue cases reported within the same period last year.

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