Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, Apr 25 (Prensa Latina) Malaysia
has registered nationally almost 25,000 cases of dengue fever, the Malaysian
Public Health Vice Minister, Hilmi Yahaya has confirmed
Hilmi
Yahaya stated that from January until April 24th, 42,683 cases have been
reported, a rise of almost 5,000 in comparison with the same quarter last year.
Ninety-four
people have died in the same period, which is a reduction on the 120 victims
who succumbed to the disease in same quarter in 2015.
According
to official data, during January and February this year, the authorities
inspected almost 1,000 areas, imposed 3,260 fines and took 353 cases to court.
Yahaya
thanked other ministries and governmental agencies for their help in the
national operation, which started on April 11th, against the Aedes Aefypti
mosquito - the transmitter of the disease.
Analysts
have said that the country's initiatives against dengue fever are ineffective,
despite being regional pioneers in research on the transmitting agent.
In 2011,
Malaysia sterilized 6,000 male mosquitoes and released them to mate with
females with the aim of reducing the mosquito population.
The
experiment was the first of its type in Asia and although the population of
mosquitoes has been reduced, this has not led to a drastic reduction in the incidence
of dengue fever.
According
to the World Health Organization, in 2015, the hospitals in Malaysia treated
111,000 suspects dengue fever cases, an increase of 16 percent in comparison to
2014.
The WHO
also reports that in 2015, 390 million cases of dengue in at least 128
countries were reported.
Dengue
fever is transmitted by the bite of the female of the Aedes Aegypti that nests
in stagnated waters.
The
symptoms are fever, headache, and pains in the joints and muscles.
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