KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,474 dengue fever cases were reported in the 40th Epidemiological Week (EW 40) between Oct 2 and 8 compared to 1,460 cases in EW 39.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the increase made the cumulative number of dengue cases reported to date at 45,018 cases compared to 20,376 cases for the same period last year, which was an increase of 24,642 cases .
"A total of 53 hotspot areas were reported this week compared to 55 hotspot localities in the previous week with 31 hotspot areas in Selangor, 14 and eight ,” he said in a statement on Thursday . As for Zika surveillance, a total of 1,544 blood samples and 16 urine samples were taken with the results all negative.
Therefore, he advised those affected by floods to conduct"search and destroy" activities to clear all Aedes mosquito breeding containers immediately after floodwaters recede.
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