Dengue: Number of cases continue to dip
The Health Ministry continues to record a drop in dengue cases, with 666 in Week 9 (between Feb 27 and March 5), compared to 956 the previous week.
“Our efforts seem to be bearing fruit as the number of cases has reduced by 30 per cent compared to the previous week,” the Health Ministry’s director of Disease Control, Dr Ramlee Rahmat, told The Malay Mail yesterday.
“Out of the latest 666 cases, only 20 to 30 per cent are expected to be dengue cases.”
He said no death was recorded recently. The figures of the latest outbreak remained at 25 deaths.
Malaysian Medical News: keeping you up to date with news sourced from various online sites, put in one place for your convenience, with a searchable archive
No comments:
Post a Comment