PUTRAJAYA, May 3 — Dengue cases have dropped to 2,237 in the 17th epidemiological week (ME17) from April 21 to 27, compared with 2,321 in ME16.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said no deaths due to dengue complications were reported in ME17.
He said the cumulative number of dengue fever cases reported up to ME17 was 52,887 cases, compared with 36,977 in the same period last year.
There were 39 deaths due to dengue fever complications this year, compared with 22 in the same period last year.
“The number of hotspots reported in ME17 was 63 compared with 80 in the previous week,” he said in a statement today.
He said of the total hotspots reported, 51 were in Selangor; four in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya; three in Penang, two each in Perak and Kedah; and one in Sarawak.
Dr Radzi said as for chikungunya, no cases or outbreaks were recorded in ME17.
He said the cumulative number of chikungunya cases to date was 23.
As for Zika, he said 850 blood and six urine samples were screened for Zika and the results were all negative.
He advised the public to avoid being outdoors when Aedes mosquitoes are active – in the early morning and late afternoon – and to use insecticide to kill mosquitoes around the house.
— Bernama
