Malaysia: Dengue Fever/Chikungunya cases

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Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/20/nation/20091120185957&sec=nation

Published: Friday November 20, 2009 MYT 6:56:00 PM
Ten states record increasing dengue cases

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 720 dengue cases was recorded from Nov 8 to 14 compared with 618 cases the previous week.

The 10 states which experienced an increase were Negri Sembilan, the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Malacca, Perak, Selangor, Johor, Pahang, Penang, Sarawak and Sabah.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the rise could be due to the current rainy season.

?No deaths were reported last week and the death toll remains at 75,? he said.

Ismail said 12 hot spots were being monitored nationwide, while four new hot spots were detected in Taman Puchong Utama 6 and Taman Sri Gombak in Selangor, as well as Taman Rinting, Jalan Bahau, Johor and Merbau Est, Sarawak.

The number of Chikungunya cases also rose to 277 compared with only 202 the previous week.

He said Sarawak was the highest contributor with 269 cases, while Penang recorded one case, Selangor and Sabah each had two cases, and there were three cases in Kelantan.

No deaths by Chikungunya have been reported so far. -- Bernama

 

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Three Dengue Deaths Last Week, More Cases Reported


KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- Three deaths -- two in Melaka and one in Penang -- were reported from 819 dengue cases last week, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said.

He said the number was an increase of 99 cases or 17 per cent from the previous week.

The first victim was a 32-year-old labourer from Kampung Orang Asli Lubuk Bandung, Jasin, Melaka who sought treatment from a private clinic on Nov 6.

"The patient was referred to the Melaka Hospital on the same day but died the next day due to haemorrhagic dengue fever," he said in a statement.

The second case involved a 49-year-old civil servant, who had hypertension, from Kampung Lubuk Redan, Masjid Tanah, Melaka.

Dr Mohd Ismail said the patient received an initial treatment from a Health Clinic on Nov 9 after developing a fever two days earlier and was asked to return the next day for an evaluation.



He was referred to the Melaka Hospital on the same day after showing dengue haemorrhagic symptoms and died on Nov 12 due to complications from dengue shock syndrome.

The third victim was a 10-year-old boy from Halaman Gelugor in Penang who was reported to have developed a fever but only sought treatment at a private hospital three days later in seriously ill condition.

The boy was then referred to the Penang Hospital and was admitted to the intensive care unit on Nov 15 and died on Nov 20 due to complications from dengue shock syndrome, he said.

Meanwhile, during the week between Nov 15-21, seven states recorded a high increase in the number of dengue cases namely Penang (29 per cent), Sarawak (28 per cent), Johor (21 per cent), Negeri Sembilan (19 per cent), Kuala Lumpur (12 per cent), Perak (11 per cent) and Selangor (seven per cent).

Dr Mohd Ismail said the ministry viewed seriously the increase in the dengue cases and had issued a circular to all state health directors urging them to step up enforcement.

He also called on members of the public to ensure their homes and workplaces were free of mosquito breeding sites.

"The weather could be the contributing factor to the rise in the number of dengue cases but we should continue giving attention to ensuring that our surroundings are free of aedes mosquito's breeding ground," he said.

Dr Mohd Ismail also said that apathy among the society was also a contributing factor to the increase in the number of dengue cases.

Due to this, he said, only 21 per cent of 106 gotong-royong activities in dengue epidemic area could be carried out.

On Chikungunya, Dr Mohd Ismail said 275 cases were reported this week, dropping slightly from 277 cases last week, with Sarawak contributing 99 per cent of the cases.

A total of 4,742 Chikungunya cases reported so far this year compared to 4,271 cases during the same period last year. No Chikungunya deaths were reported so far.

-- BERNAMA
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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=461228

December 09, 2009 19:37 PM

Man Dies Of Dengue Fever In Perak

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) -- A 22-year-old man from Batu Kurau, Perak has died of dengue, bringing the number of death from the fever so far this year to 79 from 38,062 cases, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican.

He said the man, who died due to blood complication on Dec 2, had shown dengue symptoms on Nov 27 but merely sought treatment at a health clinic five days later.

"He was referred to the Taiping Hospital on the same day for dengue haemorrhagic fever but died due to blood complication," he said in a statement on Wednesday.

He said checks at the victim's house discovered that the compound of 14 out of 85 houses in the vicinity had aedes mosquitoes breeding grounds.

"Aedes mosquitoes bred in empty cans, coconut shells, tyres, drums and paint containers left outside the houses," he said, adding that fogging had been carried in the area.

Dr Mohd Ismail said 784 dengue cases with one death were reported between Nov 29 and Dec 5 while seven states had shown an increase in cases, namely Kedah (189 per cent increase), Negeri Sembilan (59 per cent), Johor (46 per cent), Terengganu (36 per cent), Sabah (seven per cent), Perak (six per cent), and Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (five cent).

He said many gotong-royong activities to rid aedes breeding grounds had to be shelved due to lack of cooperation from the public.

A total of 231 compounds worth RM44,350 and 396 clean-up notices were issued last week, he added.

On chikungunya, he said the number of cases dropped by 14 per cent to 140 cases last week, bringing the number to 5,044 cases so far this year with Sarawak registering 98 per cent.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Published: Wednesday December 16, 2009 MYT 5:01:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday December 16, 2009 MYT 5:09:42 PM
Sarawak declares red alert over dengue outbreak
By STEPHEN THEN

stephenthen@thestar.com.my

MIRI: Sarawak's State Ministry of Environment and Public Health has sounded the red alert following an explosion of dengue cases, with about 10 new hospital admissions in Miri City alone every day.

Five people have died throughout the state already, four of them in Miri City and one in Kuching. The number of infected people has reached the 4,000 mark, with 873 patients in Miri City alone.

The ministry and the State Health and Medical Services Department are especially worried because probes carried out into the dengue outbreak have found aedes mosquito larvae that can survive for days and hatch even in a small droplet of water inside the home.

Assistant State Minister for Environment and Public Health Dr Stephen Rundi on Wednesday announced that state authorities have told all hospitals to be at the highest level of alert.

?This is becoming a big problem for the state because the number of people infected has shot up by three times compared with the same period last year.

?We have mobilised all available resources of the health department, the city and district councils, hospital authorities and residential committees to halt the spread.

?We must stop the number of fatalities and bring down the rate of infection. Every day in Miri, eight to 10 new patients are being admitted into the hospital for dengue.

?We are very worried because the wet season is just starting,? he told a press conference here.

On Wednesday, Dr Rundi held a meeting with Miri Mayor Lawrence Lai, State Health and Medical Services Department deputy director Dr Faizul Mansor, Miri Hospital director Dr Uma Devi, local councillors and other agencies to discuss the latest situation on the outbreak.

The latest dengue fatality happened two days ago here in a sprawling squatter colony in Pujut.

Dr Rundi said initial probes carried out by his ministry into the outbreak have uncovered some alarming findings.

Among them:

* AEDES mosquitoes are more difficult to kill compared with before because their larvae have become very hardy and resistent, and can survive for days in very tiny droplet of water and hatch into adult mosquitoes;

* UP-MARKET residential areas have become major breeding grounds because rich folk in Miri do not allow their premises to be ?dirtied? by fogging;

* SQUATTER colonies have become even dirtier and are also major breeding grounds for aedes carriers; and

* THE public in general continues to remain indifferent to all efforts to stop the outbreak.

Dr Rundi said the Miri City Council has initiated even more aggressive measures to stop the outbreak and has formed ?search and destroy squads? to detect and kill aedes mosquitoes and larvae.

?The city and district councils have been given authorisation to enter every house, including those belonging to the rich and famous, to search for mosquitoes.

?Anyone found with mosquito breeding grounds would be issued a compound of RM500,? he said.

Dr Faizul said previously, it was only the squatter colonies that were breeding grounds for mosquitoes, but now, even the cities? and towns? centres and up-market housing estates have become dengue hotspots.

Mayor Lai has ordered intense fogging to be carried out simultaneously throughout Miri City, which has a population of 300,000, to be repeated every three days.

Dr Uma said the Miri Hospital has run out of space for dengue patients due to the surge in new admissions daily, adding that additional wards have to be found soon.

 

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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=463125

December 17, 2009 23:07 PM

Four Dengue Deaths Reported

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- Four dengue-related deaths were reported out of the 919 cases recorded from Dec 6 to 12.

This indicated an increase of 135 cases, or 17 per cent, as compared to 784 cases and one death the previous weeks, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican.

He said the increase was the result of 302 cases reported in Selangor and 298 cases in Sarawak.

The states which showed an increase in the number of dengue cases include Melaka, Kelantan, Penang, Selangor, Sabah, the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Johor and Sarawak.

Dr Ismail said the total number of dengue cases this year so far, stood at 38,981, with 89 deaths.

This was a 12 per cent drop as compared to 44,494 cases and 98 deaths during the same period last year.

On Chikungunya, he said an increase was also seen with 189 cases reported, as compared to 140 cases the previous week.

He said Sarawak was the biggest contributor, with 99 per cent of the cases reported that week.

The number of Chikungunya cases recorded this year is 5,233, as compared to 4,271 cases during the same period last year.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/state_news/news.php?id=463858&cat=ess

December 22, 2009 15:26 PM

Sarawak Records Significant Rise In Dengue Cases

KUCHING, Dec 22 (Bernama) -- Dengue cases in Sarawak has seen a significant increase and resulted in five deaths so far, said Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam here Tuesday.

He said over the past few months there has been a sudden surge in the number of cases as 6,000 dengue cases have been reported to the state Health Department.

"The dengue situation in Sarawak is serious and a number of preventive measures, including fogging in areas where high number of cases were reported, has been carried out," he told reporters here.

The current rainy season is seen as one of the main factors that has attributed to an increase in the number of cases, he said.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Dengue and Chikungunya cases drop

2009/12/23

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 813 deangue fever cases, with one death, were reported in the week from De c 13 to 19, a drop of 12 per cent or 106 cases compared with the previous week.

Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said, however, that three state showed a spike in the number of cases -- Pahang (100 per cent), Terengganu (18 per cent) and Negeri Sembilan (3 per cent).

He said the number of cases this year as at Dec 19 was 39,794, with 84 deaths, a 12 per cent drop from 45,649, with 100 deaths, for the corresponding period last year.

The fatal case last week was that of a 26-year-old housewife from Taman Selasih, Gombak, who died a day after giving birth to her first child. The locality had experienced seven dengue outbreaks this year, he said in a statement here today.

Nine localities were out of the hot spot list last week but nine new ones were identified this week, maintaining the total this week at 19.

On Chikungunya, Dr Ismail said the number of case also registered a drop to 107 last week, from 189 the previous week.

Sarawak had the highest number, accounting for 97 per cent of the total cases nationwide.

The total for the year up to Dec 19 was 5,340 cases from 22 localities, all in Sarawak. -- Bernama

 

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Tuesday December 29, 2009
More villagers in Long Semado down with fever
By STEPHEN THEN

MIRI: Dengue fever has spread to the pristine highlands of Long Semado in the remote mountainous interior of northern Sarawak.

An increasing number of villagers living in settlements there have come down with dengue fever, with some admitted to hospitals in Lawas, Limbang and Miri.

The Long Semado highlands, located four hours away by timber road from Lawas, is part of the Bakelalan state constituency.

Assemblyman Nelson Balang Rining confirmed yesterday that he had received feedback from his constituents in Long Semado that their settlements had been hit by the dengue outbreak.

?The latest information I have is that the number of infected people has not reached 100 yet.

?The health department has already deployed mobile units to Long Semado to contain the spread by carrying out intensive fogging in the affected villages and checking on the people living in the region.

?So far, I have not received news of any fatality. I hope the outbreak can be curbed before it spreads to more of the highland regions,? he said.

Sarawak is currently facing a dengue outbreak, with Miri being the worst hit.

More than 6,000 people have been infected throughout the state, with 20% of the patients in Miri alone.

Five people have died so far, four of them from Miri.

Asked if dengue in Long Semado could have been transmitted from urban centres via human carriers, Balang said health officials were still trying to determine how the outbreak came about.

There was a mass movement of people to Long Semado and the other parts of the Bakelalan for the Christmas and year-end holidays.

Many of the highland folk also work in Miri.

Balang said clinics in the highlands would refer serious dengue cases to urban hospitals, pointing out that emergency flights by the Flying Doctor Service could be arranged to ferry patients out if necessary.

Meanwhile, the Miri City Council and Miri Health Department have intensified fogging in squatter colonies, residential estates, industrial areas and commercial centres.

 

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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=465412

December 31, 2009 15:38 PM

Housewife Latest Victim Of Dengue

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- A 35-year-old housewife from Marudi, Sarawak, became the latest dengue casualty after she died on Dec 23.

Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the woman, the 84th victim, started having fever on Dec 18 and received outpatient treatment at the Marudi Hospital the following day as there were no signs of dengue.

"On Dec 22, she was admitted to the hospital for suspected dengue fever as her condition had worsened.

"However, she died on Dec 23 due to organ failure caused by Dengue Shock Syndrome," he said in a statement here on Thursday.

Dr Mohd Ismail said a total of 816 dengue cases and one fatality were reported nationwide for the period from Dec 20 to 26, an increase of three cases compared with the previous week.

Seven states had shown high increase in cases -- Johor (47 per cent), Sabah (33 per cent) and Terengganu (23 per cent) -- he said.

He added that the overall number of cases as at Dec 26 was 40,610 cases and 84 deaths, a 13 per cent drop from the corresponding period last year.

On Chikugunya, Dr Mohd Ismail said 48 cases were reported in the same period, a decrease of 59 cases, or 55 per cent, compared with the previous week, with Sarawak accounting for 96 per cent of the cases.

He said the number of Chikungunya cases reported this year as at Dec 26 was 5,388 cases, of which 2,470 or 46 per cent were recorded in Sarawak.

No deaths due to Chikugunya were recorded.

 

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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=466808

January 07, 2010 19:55 PM

Housewives Among Three New Dengue Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- Two housewives and a construction worker have died of dengue last week, bringing the total number of dengue deaths last year to 88.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the first victim was a 68-year-old housewife from Banting, Selangor who developed a fever on Dec 19 and died on Dec 24.

In a statement, he said the second victim was a 64-year-old housewife from Batu Caves, Selangor who died on Dec 23.

The third death involved a 33-year-old Bangladeshi national, who was a construction worker in Jalan Duta.

"He started to show dengue symptoms on Dec 20 and was referred to the Selayang Hospital on Dec 23. He died on Dec 29," he said.

The number of dengue cases from January 2009 to Jan 2 this year was 41,486 with 88 deaths -- a 16 per cent decline from 49,335 cases and 112 deaths from the previous corresponding period.

On Chikungunya, Dr Mohd Ismail said 42 new cases were reported last week, down by six cases from the previous week.

There were 5,430 Chikungunya cases reported from January last year to Jan 2 this year. No deaths were reported, he said.

Most of the cases -- totalling 2,505 or 46 per cent -- were recorded in Sarawak, he added.

-- BERNAMA

 

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January 10, 2010 17:22 PM

Dengue, Malaria Cases Up In Sarawak Since Last Year

SIBU, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- More people in the state were afflicted with dengue and malaria fever between last year and Jan 2.

According to a statement from the state health department here on Sunday, 4,579 cases of dengue fever were reported during the period as compared to 1,527 cases in 2008.

The Miri District had the highest at 990, followed by among others, Kuching District (838), Sibu (516), Sri Aman (265) and Sarikei (264).

On malaria, the statement said that 2,144 cases were reported in 2009, as compared to 1,878 cases during the same period the previous year.

It noted that seven malaria-related deaths were reported during the period, with Long Keluan, Long Jekitan, Long Liau and Long Bee in the Marudi district and Lusong Laku in the Belaga district, still considered as very active Malaria outbreak areas.

On chikungunya, 2,505 cases were reported with the Samarahan Division while on the pandemic A(H1N1), until Jan 4, this year, 1,659 cases were recorded.

On the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, 9,547 cases were reported, with Sibu having the most cases at 3,103.

-- BERNAMA

 

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Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=468268
January 14, 2010 14:07 PM

Dengue Claims Two More Victims As Number Of Cases Continue To Rise

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- The first week of the new year registered two deaths due to dengue as the number of dengue cases continued to rise compared with the previous week.

The two deaths in the new year raised the number of deaths due to dengue to 90 while 940 cases were reported from Jan 3 to 9, an increase of 60 cases compared with the previous week (876) said Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican in a statement today.

"Although the number of cases were 42 per cent lower when compared with the same period last year, the increase must not be taken lightly, especially the people," he said.

He added that the two deaths reported last week were both women, involving a 37 year-old from Bandar Utama, Selangor while the second woman was a 29-year-old from Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

Dr Mohd Ismail said that there was also a slight increase in the number of Chikungunya cases as 44 such cases were reported, two more than the previous week.

From the 44 cases, reported, 42 were from Sarawak and one each from Selangor and Pahang but no deaths were reported, he said.

-- BERNAMA