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ASIAONE / HEALTH / NEWS / STORY
High alert as 11 die of dengue in M'sia
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
New Straits Times
GEORGE TOWN - The country is on high alert after 11 dengue deaths were reported from the 2,713 cases in the first 21 days of this year. The most critical period was between Jan 17 and Jan 21 when six deaths were reported.
During the same period last year, 11 deaths were reported from a total 4,213 cases.
Selangor tops the list with the most number of cases.
Describing the current situation as serious, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai urged the people to take extra precautions.
"Everyone needs to be alert and work together with the authorities to contain the problem," he said after launching the Freshural Korean Sauna Centre here.
Liow also called on the people to take good care of their homes and surroundings to prevent breeding of Aedes mosquitoes.
ASIAONE / HEALTH / NEWS / STORY
High alert as 11 die of dengue in M'sia
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
New Straits Times
GEORGE TOWN - The country is on high alert after 11 dengue deaths were reported from the 2,713 cases in the first 21 days of this year. The most critical period was between Jan 17 and Jan 21 when six deaths were reported.
During the same period last year, 11 deaths were reported from a total 4,213 cases.
Selangor tops the list with the most number of cases.
Describing the current situation as serious, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai urged the people to take extra precautions.
"Everyone needs to be alert and work together with the authorities to contain the problem," he said after launching the Freshural Korean Sauna Centre here.
Liow also called on the people to take good care of their homes and surroundings to prevent breeding of Aedes mosquitoes.
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