PETALING JAYA: Dengue cases are on the rise and expected to peak this year, with the possibility of the case count surpassing last year’s 66,000 – which was about 151% higher than in 2021.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of cases was expected to surge in 2023.
Malaysia reported 66,102 dengue cases and 56 deaths in 2022 compared with 26,365 cases and 20 deaths in 2021.“The rising number of dengue cases is partly contributed to by the change in the dominant circulating dengue serotype or the ‘serotype shift’, which is a well-known reason for the occurrence of the dengue surge,” he added.Many states, such as Selangor and Sabah, were reporting a drastic hike in dengue cases late last year, as were countries in the region such as Vietnam and Laos.
He said other contributing factors were littering and poor environmental cleanliness, especially with containers being a suitable breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes.“During the rainy season, man-made containers or natural places, for example the leaves of plants that retain water, create potential places for the Aedes mosquito to breed.
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