Chua: Dengue outbreak likely
BY K. SUTHAKAR AND CELESTE FONG
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Chua visiting Mohamad Aqwa Fathiullah Mohd Sadri, eight, who has been warded at the Kuala Terengganu Hospital Friday for high fever as his father Mohd Sadri Jusoh, 37, looks on. |
In issuing the warning, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said last month, about 1,000 cases were reported in a week.
“This figure is very high compared with about 450 cases which were reported in a week before December,” he said after visiting a hospital here yesterday.
Dr Chua said the sharp increase of dengue cases was recorded in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Pahang.
He said the Kuala Lumpur Hospital recorded 250 cases a week compared with 100 cases previously.
He said that in Selangor it jumped from 102 to 350 cases, Penang (from 20 to 50 cases) and Pahang (from 30 to 80 cases).
“We are worried as mosquitoes breed faster during frequent downpours followed by sunshine,” he said.
After a cheque presentation ceremony at The Star Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund in Kuala Lumpur, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said all state and local authorities were joining hands with the health authorities to fight the dengue outbreak.
He said dengue was not a new problem but it was serious and the Government was addressing it.
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