Star: PUTRAJAYA: The number of reports on dengue cases is high in Malaysia because it also includes suspected cases as well. Confirmed cases only make up a fraction of the statistics.
Disease Control director Datuk Dr Ramlee Rahmat said that other countries reported only confirmed cases.
“The actual number of positive cases of dengue (in Malaysia) is rather small,” he told reporters here yesterday.
“We decided that we should also report suspected cases because this will help us put in place surveillance and preventative measures in the areas concerned,” he added.
Dr Ramlee was commenting on a Hong Kong newspaper report cautioning its residents against visiting Malaysia due to an alleged dengue outbreak.
Besides the media report, the Hong Kong Travel Health Services website also stated that a 34-year-old traveller from Hong Kong had “imported” the disease from Malaysia. It stated that the woman had been in Malaysia from Oct 10 to 24.
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