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5th February, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR: Three deaths due to dengue fever were reported last week, bringing the total of death due to the disease this year to 14 people, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said yesterday.
He said the number of dengue cases for the week showed an increase of three percent at 1,101 cases, from 1,065 cases from the week between Jan 17 and 23.
Four states – Sarawak, Sabah, Negeri Sembilan and Labuan – showed a sharp increase in dengue cases, he added.
Dr Mohd Ismail said the three deaths reported last week included a 45-year-old nurse who died on Jan 16, two days after complaining of rashes and sore throat.
The nurse, from Baling, Kedah, had Thalassemia and was admitted to the Baling Hospital before she was transferred to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital in Sungai Petani, he added.
He said the second death involved a restaurant helper in Shah Alam, Selangor, who complained of fever, headache and body ache while on holiday in his hometown in Kulim, Kedah, on Jan 17.
The 25-year-old man had earlier sought treatment at a government clinic in Baling, but was referred to the Kulim Hospital, and died on Jan 24 due to dengue fever complication known as “Dengue Shock Syndrome”, he added.
Dr Mohd Ismail said the third death was a 46-year-old man suffering from diabetes and hypertension who complained of fever and body ache on Jan 24.
The man, from Suai, Miri, Sarawak, died due to dengue haemorrhagic fever on Jan 29 at the Miri Hospital.
On Chikungunya, Dr Mohd Ismail said 76 cases were reported last week, an increase of eight cases or 12 per cent from the previous week (68 cases).
Two of the cases were reported in Sabah, while the remaining in Sarawak.
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