KANGAR, April 26 — The number of dengue fever cases is expected to increase after this festive season following the movement of people especially from areas with a high incidence of dengue cases.
State Health Department (JKNP) director Dr Sirajudin Hashim this was the usual trend as seen from the data on dengue fever cases in Malaysia, including in Perlis, which reported an increase in cases after each festive season or long holidays.
Perlis recorded seven cases of dengue fever for the period Jan 1 to April 23, as compared to four cases in the corresponding period last year.
“JKNP urge the community to take precautionary measures to stop the spread of dengue by getting rid of possible breeding grounds for mosquitoes such as lemang bamboo stems, cookie containers, used bottles or cans,” he said in a statement.
He also advised the public to avoid going out or making visits from 5am to 7am and 5pm to 7pm when the Aedes mosquitoes are most active and to put larvicide in water vessels left unattended for over a week.
More information on dengue fever cases or dengue outbreak localities can be obtained from the iDengue mobile application (https://idengue.mysa.gov.my/) or from the Perlis State Health Department Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/jknperlis/) and the Ministry of Health Malaysia website ( https://www.infosihat.gov.my/).
