Don’t spread dengue on ‘balik kampung’ trips

Star: BENTONG: Take extra care not to spread the dengue fever during the balik kampung school holidays.
Holidaymakers can add to the increase in cases in several ways, said Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.
He said those living in high prone areas in Klang Valley could unknowingly allow the aedes mosquitoes to hide in their cars.
“Some could be having the disease in them and when they are in the kampung, they could be bitten by mosquitoes which could then spread the virus to others,” Liow said after closing a seminar on the control of dengue fever yesterday.
Earlier, Liow gave away pamphlets on the dangers of dengue fever to the road users at the Bentong toll plazas.
Liow said Selangor and Kuala Lumpur recorded the most number of dengue cases, which was 63% of the total number of 49,335 cases in the country last year.
“The situation in other states is not alarming but we have to be prepared all the time.
“Everybody can be infected and that is why the ministry has been active in curbing the spread of dengue,” he said.