Sandakan on alert for dengue outbreak

Health officials in this Sabah east coast district are on the alert for a possible dengue haemorrhagic fever outbreak following the death of a 40-year-old woman from the disease.
The woman, Sabariah Kairuddin of the Sungai Manila settlement scheme about 30km from here, died at the Duchess of Kent hospital early yesterday after suffering from chronic fever over the past six days.
Sandakan Health Officer Dr G. Navindran said health officials had identified two villages, Kampung Tinosa and Kampung BDC, as areas where an outbreak of the disease could occur.
“We have taken preventive measures including spraying the affected areas,” he said.
He advised hose having symptoms of dengue fever including persistent fever, pain in the joints and bleeding in the mouth to seek immediate medical treatment.
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