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Dengue On The Rise In KL, S'gor, Perak, Johor

The number of dengue cases in the fourth week of this year rose in Kuala Lumpur and three states - Selangor, Perak and Johor compared to the previous week, Health Ministry Diseases Control Division Director Dr Ramlee Rahmat said Thursday.
He said the number of cases reported throughout the country had also risen 28 per cent or 304 cases to 1,387 cases in the fourth week, from Jan 23-29, compared to 1,083 the week before.
"Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest number of cases, at 336 compared to 176 in the third week, followed by Selangor which showed an increase of 126 cases, from 423 to 549, Perak from 70 to 103 and Johor from 62 to 78 cases," he told a press conference here.
Ramlee, however, said Sabah, Penang, Pahang, Melaka, Kedah, Kelantan and Putrajaya had shown a drop in the number of cases.
"Sabah's 50 cases of the previous week dropped to 27, Penang's 64 to 55 and Pahang's 64 to 57," he said.
He said four cases of dengue deaths had also been reported in the fourth week, three of them in Selangor and one in Negeri Sembilan, bringing the total fatalities this year to 13.
He said the number of cases was still at a high level as more than 1,000 cases were reported a week and added that control measures would be further intensified to tackle the menace.
The enforcement unit had inspected 63,419 premises throughout the country in the fourth week compared to 58,253 the week before. Of these, 561 premises were found to be breeding the Aedes mosquito.
"The unit also issued notices to 237 premises and fined 268 which were found to be breeding the Aedes larvae," he said.
Ramlee added that 21,870 premises which had stagnant pools of water had abate added and high-risk areas were fogged.
Among the places inspected were shophouses, construction sites, schools, government offices, abandoned houses and recreational parks.