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Dengue menace in MalaysiaDengue kills 44 people in Malaysia this year
Dengue fever has killed 44 people nationwide in Malaysia in the first four months of this year, an increase of more than 100 percent compared with the same period of last year, a health official said on Sunday.
The country saw 900 suspected dengue cases last week, a record high this year, Malaysian Health Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Lee Kah Choon said.
The state of Selangor alone reported over 200 cases last week, followed by Kuala Lumpur and Pinang, he told local reporters in Pinang after launching a health campaign in the capital city of Malaysia's northern state of Pinang.
That could be attributed to the erratic weather conditions that encouraged breeding of aedes mosquitoes, he said.
Lee said the ministry was launching several health programs to increase public awareness on the danger posed by dengue, including fogging in high-risk areas.
Source: Xinhua
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