Dengue Cases In Malaysia 2020
The spread of the disease was exacerbated by falling vaccination levels in certain areas and by a growing population of mosquitoes which are the primary.
Dengue cases in malaysia 2020. Dengue occurs nationally in malaysia with increased risk in urban and periurban areas. Peak transmission occurs in the late monsoon season october through february in east peninsular malaysia sabah and sarawak. Johor baru july 3 a total of 20 deaths from dengue have been reported in johor alone from the start of 2020 until june 27 an increase compared to 15 deaths in the same period last year. Picture by choo choy may.
Health director general datuk dr noor hisham abdullah speaks at a press conference in putrajaya june 8 2020. Dengue cases in malaysia increased by 61 last year with deaths rising 24. Malaysia has started using aedes mosquitoes with the wolbachia bacteria to stop transmission of dengue. Vidyananthan said statistics from the state health.
Nepal has reported 261 cases in 2020 and as of 13 september 2020. Dengue is an illness transmitted by mosquitoes which causes sudden high fever severe headache pain behind the eyes muscle and joint pain rashes and bleeding in some cases. Malaysia has reported recent cases of dengue. Pakistan has reported a total of 333 cases of dengue for 2020 and as of 12 september 2020.
Malaysia has reported 72 952 cases and 118 deaths as of 5 september 2020. Kuala lumpur june 6 malaysia is projected to record a higher number of dengue cases from this month until september after the disease showed an upward trend of 8 per cent for six consecutive weeks said health director general datuk dr noor hisham. Dengue fever and the more severe form dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome are the most common and. The cumulative number of dengue cases for this year as of 19 october 2020 stands at more than 32 000.
A total of 50 511 dengue cases and 88 fatalities were recorded in malaysia from jan 1 to june 13 said health minister datuk seri dr adham baba. July through august in west peninsular malaysia. A total of 46 713 dengue cases were reported from dec 29 last year to may 30 this year a drop of 11 8 from the 52 941 cases in the previous corresponding period. Our gravitrap surveillance system monitors the aedes aegypti mosquito population at residential areas and we have seen an increase in the mosquito population in the community for 6 consecutive weeks since the end of august.