With more than 40,000 cases and 157 deaths since January, Malaysia could be facing the biggest spike in dengue, ever.
This alarming piece of news came from the Health Minister himself, who said many of the new dengue cases that have been reported were of the kind that have never been seen before.
“The number of deaths has doubled this year as compared to the same period last year, and 30 per cent more cases have been reported,” Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said, Bernama reports.
“Previously, it was the ‘bleeding dengue’. Now, there is liver failure, pneumonia, brain infection (caused by the dengue). The virus behavior is different now,” he was quoted as saying.
Yikes.
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