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Friday, August 19, 2011

Malaysia : Current dengue situation - For the Week 32 / 2011 (7 to August 13, 2011)

Press release from Malaysia's Ministry of Health with the regards to the dengue situation. Excerpt with my translation :

" For the week 32, for the period 7 to 13 August, a total of 362 Dengue Fever cases and no deaths have been reported, an increase of 19 cases or 6% compared to 343 cases with two deaths last week.

There are 10 states showing an increase compared to last week's case namely Selangor which increased by 12 cases (10%), Kedah 10 cases (200%), Terengganu 8 cases (133%), Melaka 2 cases (67%), Silver 2 cases (8%), Perlis 1 cases (25%), Sabah one case (13%), Pahang 1 case (7%), Penang 1 case (4%) and Kuala Lumpur / Putrajaya increased by one case (3%).

In 2011, from January to August 13, of 12,735 cases were reported, a decrease of 58% or 17,720 compared to 30.455 cases of reported cases for the same period in 2010."

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