Public servant, farmer among dengue fatalities

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Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman

PUTRAJAYA: A public servant in Sabah and a farmer in Sarawak were the two dengue fatalities reported during the week between Oct 21 and 27, said Health Director-General Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman yesterday.

He said the government employee, in his 30s, had earlier sought treatment at a private clinic and was admitted to a government hospital the following day when his condition worsened, but succumbed to the disease the same day.

The public servant died due to severe dengue with multi-organ failure, he said in a statement issued here yesterday.

As for the farmer, a woman, Dr Hasan said, she died two days after being admitted to a government hospital due to haemorrhagic dengue.

He said the two deaths occurred in a non-epidemic areas, but checks conducted by the health authorities found the aedes breeding rate in the affected areas to be high, at 2.3 per cent.

Dr Hasan said a total of 390 dengue fever cases were reported during the period.He said Kelantan, Sabah, Perak and Sarawak continued to show an increase in dengue cases since the past two months.

In Sarawak, eight localities in six districts in the state were identified as epidemic areas, with Rumah Patsy Salah in Meradong, Sarikei, identified as a hotspot locality, where 10 dengue cases were reported, he added. — Bernama