Myanmar (Burma): 2107 Dengue

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Source: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/9307

Dengue fever has spread in Pauktaw: health officer
Submitted by Eleven on Tue, 05/09/2017 - 23:54
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SITTWE: Dengue fever has spread in Belya Village in Pauktaw Township in Rakhine State, said Dr Thaung Hlaing, Health Officer of the Public Health Department in Rakhine State.

A medical team from the health department is now providing treatment at the dengue fever outbreak area and carrying out preventative measures to control the mosquito-borne disease.

Thirty-five people out of 64 patients were classified as suspected dengue fever case, while 12 have been confirmed as infected with dengue fever. More cases are expected to be confirmed...

 

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Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dengue-fever-outbreak-claims-8-lives-yangon.html

Burma
Dengue Fever Outbreak Claims 8 Lives in Yangon
Yangon public health department?s press conference on dengue fever. / Thazin Hlaing / The Irrawaddy

By Thazin Hlaing 12 June 2017

YANGON ? Yangon Division is experiencing the most fatal dengue fever outbreak since 2010, according to the division?s public health department.

So far this year, 1,477 dengue cases have been recorded in the division?of which eight were fatal.

?There are more urban areas [than rural areas] in Yangon Division. And fatality is higher in urban areas,? said Dr. Khin Nan Lone of the public health department at its press conference on dengue on Saturday.

?There is no cure for the disease, so it is important that the patient is sent to the hospital in time. The disease can be fatal in one in every 100 infected, even if they are sent to the hospital in time,? she added.

In 2010, 906 cases were recorded in Yangon Division; six were fatal. In 2011, 102 cases were recorded; 117 cases in 2012; 1,014 cases, including five fatal cases, in 2013; 456 cases, including three fatal cases, in 2014; 968 cases, including six fatal cases, in 2015; and 280 cases in 2016, of which four were fatal...