Malaysia: 2013 Dengue cases

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/07/deadly-dengue-still-a-menace/

Deadly dengue still a menace
by Jonathan Chia, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on February 7, 2013, Thursday

KUCHING: There are still no signs to indicate that dengue cases in the state are dwindling despite measures taken by the Health Department to destroy Aedes mosquitoes.

State Health Department deputy director (Public Health) Dr Jamilah Hashim said as of Feb 5, 2013, a total of 256 dengue cases were reported, compared to only 84 cases during the same period last year.

?This shows a very big increase of 172 cases, or 205 per cent,? she told a press conference after launching the state-level SC Johnson Anti-Aedes Inter-School Rangers Competition at SMK Matang Jaya here yesterday.

Dr Jamilah added that the state registered 1,519 dengue cases last year, which was the fifth highest nationwide...

 

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/19/relentless-spike-in-dengue-cases-alarming/

Relentless spike in dengue cases alarming
by Jonathan Chia, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on February 19, 2013, Tuesday

KUCHING: Dengue cases continue to soar statewide with 86 cases reported from Feb 6 till yesterday, and only Selangor has more cases in the nation so far this year.

Combined with the 256 cases reported from Jan 1 till Feb 5, the total number of 342 cases has more than double the total reported during the same period last year.

State Health Department director Datu Dr Zulkifli Jantan, when contacted yesterday, said there were only 158 cases during the corresponding period last year...

 

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/26/hike-in-dengue-cases-worries-committee/

Hike in dengue cases worries committee

by Anthony Aga, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on February 26, 2013, Tuesday

SARIKEI: The sharp rise in number of dengue cases reported in this district in the first two months of this year is a cause of concern for the District Dengue Epidemic Committee.

District Officer Abang Mohd Porkan Abang Budiman, after chairing the committee?s meeting yesterday, expressed disappointment that despite the efforts by various agencies to control the menace in the past weeks, the number of cases continued to rise.

He said when they carried out a ?gotong royong? cleaning exercise to check the outbreak of the disease last week, the number of cases reported in the
division was 31, with 12 each reported in Sarikei and Pakan districts, two in Julau and five in Meradong.

?Just within a week, today (yesterday), the number of dengue cases reported in the division is 52 ? 21 in Sarikei, Meradong (8), Pakan (20) and Julau (3),? he disclosed.

Pointing out that the rise was worrying, he said any area with two cases reported within 14 days was declared a dengue outbreak (epidemic) area...

 

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/28/38-dengue-cases-in-sibu-so-far-this-year/


38 dengue cases in Sibu so far this year

Posted on February 28, 2013, Thursday

SIBU: Thirty-eight cases of dengue have been recorded here so far this year, a huge jump when compared with the eight cases recorded in the corresponding period last year.

Sibu Municipal Council chairman Datuk Tiong Thai King said 15 of the cases happened in Zone 7 which encompassed among others, Foochow Lane, Tiong Hua Road, Moi Huong Road, Lai Chee Lane and Merlin Road...

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Source: http://www.mmail.com.my/story/selangor-has-highest-number-dengue-cases-49180


Selangor has highest number of dengue cases
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 11:50
by Hamzah Nazari
Location:
PETALING JAYA

SELANGOR recorded the highest number of dengue cases in the country between Jan 20 and Feb 2.

The Subang Jaya Municipal Council was yesterday told that from the 980 reported cases nationwide, 442 were in Selangor, with Subang Jaya alone recording 131 cases...

 

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Source: http://www.nst.com.my/streets/central/subang-jaya-on-dengue-alert-1.226211

1 March 2013| last updated at 01:01AM
Subang Jaya on dengue alert
By HALIM SAID | streets@nstp.com.my

WARY: The municipality has the second highest number of cases after Petaling Jaya

SUBANG JAYA: THE dengue alert is on at the Subang Jaya municipality. The area comes in second after Petaling Jaya.

Up to last week, there were 131 dengue cases reported, of which 74 were positive. No casualties were recorded.

The figures were revealed in the recent council full board meeting chaired by MPSJ deputy president Abdullah Marjunid.

Abdullah said the cases reported were mainly in the housing estates of USJ 11 and USJ 2...

 

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Source: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/03/25/dengue-still-a-major-health-menace-dr-jerip/


Dengue still a major health menace ? Dr Jerip
by Yunus Yussop, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on March 25, 2013, Monday

BINTULU: Dengue fever is still a major health menace in the country, thus the public should continue to keep their surroundings clean and practise good hygiene...

...?For this year in Sarawak, the number of dengue cases is still high and has shown an increasing number since September 2012.

?Some districts continued to record high number of new dengue cases weekly and a total of 495 dengue cases were reported from December 30, 2012, until March 22, 2013, and 53.1 per cent (263) cases are from rural areas while 46.9 per cent (232) cases are from urban areas,? said Dr Jerip.

Among areas that had recorded high number of dengue cases this year are Sibu with 72 cases followed by Lawas with 68 cases, Kuching (41), Bintulu (40), Miri (34), Sarikei (31), Kapit (29), Pakan (25), Sri Aman (24), Betong (19), Saratok (14), Meradong (12), Marudi (12), Lubok Antu (11), Song (10), Kanowit and Belaga (7), Serian, Samarahan, Julau, Selangau and Limbang recorded 5 cases each while other districts recorded less than 5 cases and no case was reported from Asajaya, Daro and Dalat districts so far.

Two deaths due to dengue fever had been reported until March 22 this year ? one each from Kuching and Bintulu.

However, he said, the weekly trend from January until March 22 showed the number of new cases was on the decrease...

 

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Published: Thursday June 13, 2013 MYT 1:27:00 PM

Dengue kills 22, including two toddlers, in first half of 2013
By JOSEPH SIPALAN




PUTRAJAYA: Three people, including two toddlers, died of dengue-related complications over the past week as Malaysia saw a rise in deaths related to the pandemic over the first six months of this year.

Figures released by the Health Ministry Thursday showed that a total of 22 people had died as at June 10 this year, an increase by one fatality compared to the same six-month period a year earlier.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/13/nation/20130613133043&sec=nation

 

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Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pujut-declared-dengue-zone

Area in Miri declared dengue hotspot
by LEE SHI-IAN
July 06, 2013

The Pujut area in Miri has been declared a dengue outbreak zone after statistics revealed an increase of cases reported in the city.

The outbreak involved two cases which were reported to have occurred in the same house.

Pujut is of particular concern because it had been declared an uncontrolled dengue outbreak area from 2009 to 2010, according to deputy health officer Dr Veronica Lugah from the Divisional Health Office, the Borneo Post reported...

 

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Malaysia dengue death toll up after two fatalities

Sunday, Jul 07, 2013
The Star/Asia News Network
PUTRAJAYA - Two more people, a housewife and an elderly man, have died of dengue fever in the country.

Their deaths have brought dengue fatalities to 27 so far this year, exceeding last year's total of 24 casualties recorded in the same period.

- See more at: http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/conte...oll-after-two-fatalities#sthash.jmHRqFCF.dpuf

 

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Source: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/809852


Dengue outbreak areas in Penang identified
Posted on 28 August 2013 - 04:29pm
Last updated on 28 August 2013 - 06:32pm
Aaron Ngui
newsdesk@thesundaily.com


GEORGE TOWN (Aug 28, 2013): Penang has identified 18 possible dengue outbreak areas.

State Health Committee chairman Dr Afif Bahardin said four were in George Town, five in the Northeast district, four in the Southwest district and five in Central Seberang Perai (SPT)...

 

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Source: http://www.nst.com.my/latest/dengue-outbreak-in-the-country-escalating-1.352468

Dengue outbreak in the country escalating
By Mazlinda Mahmood

SHAH ALAM: Dengue outbreak in the country is escalating as the number of cases, deaths and outbreak localities have increased nationwide.

Until Sept 5 this year, 19,367 cases have been recorded, an increase of 22 per cent or 4,279 cases compared to the same period last year (15,118). Health Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said the situation was worrying as Dengue has claimed 39 lives this year compared to 27 in the same period last year.

"The number of outbreak localities have also shown an increase to 202 nationwide and of the total 132 or 65 per cent is in Selangor and 33 localities have been detected in Johor...

 

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Source: http://www.nst.com.my/latest/dengue-on-the-rise-subramaniam-1.364190


27 September 2013| last updated at 06:38PM
Dengue on the rise - Subramaniam
By Azura Abas | news@nst.com.my

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is detecting a worrying trend in the rising number of dengue from 400 cases per week to more than 900 cases a week.

Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam said the number dengue cases rose by 35 per cent.

He said from January to Sept 21 a total of 21,453 cases were reported compared to 15,950 of the same period last year.

"From the total number of cases, 47 per cent of them are found in Selangor...

 

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Dengue on the double ? and ministry?s worried

BY LEE YEN MUN
YENMUN@THESTAR.COM.MY

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is concerned over the high number of dengue cases reported nationwide with more than 900 cases detected every week this year.
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The number of deaths from dengue also increased this year with 45 fatalities reported compared to 27 cases in the same period last year, he said.
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http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/09/28/Dengue-on-the-double-and-ministrys-worried.aspx

 

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Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/10/01/dengue-deaths-rise-in-malaysia/


October 1, 2013, 7:11 AM
Dengue Deaths Rise in Malaysia
By Abhrajit Gangopadhyay

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ? Dengue fever has killed 45 people in Malaysia this year ? rising more than a third from same period last year ? as the tropical country struggles to tame a mosquito-borne virus outbreak that has plagued the Southeast Asian region for decades...

 

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Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/dengue-cases-in-malacca-at-alarming-level-says-cm


Malaysia
Dengue cases in Malacca at alarming level, says CM
October 9, 2013

MALACCA CITY, Oct 9 ? The number of dengue cases in Malacca has reached an alarming level, with 711 cases recorded from the end of last year until Oct 5 this year, said Chief Minister Datuk Idris Haron.

He said the number put Malacca in third spot in terms of dengue cases after Selangor and Johor.

Idris said during this period, there were six fatal dengue cases in the state compared to zero in the last two years.

?Dengue cases recorded an 87.1 per cent jump to 331 cases for the period from August until today compared to the same period last year...

 

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Dengue deaths on the rise in Malaysia
Forty-five people have died so far this year, compared to 27 in the same period last year

02 OCTOBER
KUALA LUMPUR ? Dengue fever has killed 45 people in Malaysia this year ? a jump of more than a third from the same period last year ? as it struggles to tame a mosquito-borne virus outbreak that has plagued the South-east Asian region for decades.
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Malaysia had recorded 21,453 dengue cases for the year through Sept 21, a 34.5-per-cent increase from 15,950 cases in the same period a year earlier. On a weekly basis, 103 new dengue cases were reported. Meanwhile, the 45 deaths compare with 27 in the same period last year.
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http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/dengue-deaths-rise-malaysia

 

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Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/dengue-threats-in-selangor-on-the-rise


Malaysia
Dengue threats in Selangor on the rise

SHAH ALAM, Oct 12 ? Dengue threat in Selangor is at a worrying level following an increase in cases, deaths and localities until the 40th week of the year.

According to the Selangor Health Department, 12,498 cases were reported until Oct 5, a 61.74 per cent increase compared to 7,109 cases for the same period last year. A total of 14 dengue deaths were recorded this year compared to 12 fatal cases in the same period in 2012...

 

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Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/10/18/Dengue-Health-Subramaniam.aspx


Published: Friday October 18, 2013 MYT 6:43:00 PM
Updated: Friday October 18, 2013 MYT 6:49:38 PM
Health Ministry on full alert following increase in dengue cases nationwide
by r.s.n.murali

MALACCA: Health Ministry has gone on a full alert following increase in dengue cases throughout the country with an average 1,290 cases being reported on a weekly basis.

Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said public hospitals and clinics have been directed to prepare for any contingency arising from the influx of patients due to the outbreak...

 

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Published: Sunday November 3, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Sunday November 3, 2013 MYT 9:14:51 AM
Malaysia hit hard by dengue virus

BY TASHNY SUKUMARAN

PETALING JAYA: The country saw the highest number of dengue cases in a single week this year with 1,680 cases recorded from Oct 20 to 26, with Selangor bearing the brunt of the assault by the Aedes mosquito.

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From Jan 1 to Oct 26, a total of 28,707 cases has been recorded, which represents a 58% increase compared to the corresponding period last year, said the Health Ministry in a statement on Friday.
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The cumulative mortality from dengue so far is 60, up from 29 for the same period last year.
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http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nati...number-of-cases-in-single-week-this-year.aspx

 

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Source: http://www.nst.com.my/latest/subramaniam-dengue-fever-cases-up-by-more-than-50-per-cent-1.393652

06 November 2013| last updated at 03:16PM
Subramaniam: Dengue fever cases up by more than 50 per cent

KUALA LUMPUR: There were 29,754 dengue fever cases reported nationwide from January to November 2 this year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam said the total dengue fever cases this year rose by 10,000 or more than 50 per cent compared to last year which recorded 18,268 cases...