Saudi Arabia: 2014 Dengue outbreaks

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Source: http://www.arabnews.com/news/507781

Dengue fever posing health risks in southern Jeddah
Jeddah: Nadim Al Hamid
Published ? Sunday 12 January 2014
Last update 12 January 2014 2:27 am

At a school in south Jeddah, there are several posters on the walls reading, ?An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.?

Nearby there are swarms of mosquitoes, carriers of the dreaded dengue fever skimming over stagnant pools of sewage water.

People in the area have voiced their concerns about the health risks posed by these conditions.

Arab News met some of the residents of the neighborhood after it heard that 10 people in the area had contracted dengue fever...

 

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Source: http://www.arabnews.com/news/512521

Rains accentuate dengue fever fears in Jeddah
Jeddah: Irfan Mohammed
Last update 21 January 2014 1:08 am

At least 24 dengue fever cases ? 14 from south and 10 from the eastern parts of Jeddah ? have been reported in the past couple of weeks.

The recent showers coupled with the ongoing sewage pipeline laying work, stagnation of water and leakage of sewage and groundwater in the southern part of Jeddah are turning out to be breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which could lead to further spread of dengue fever in the city...

 

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Source: http://www.arabnews.com/news/534011

26 dengue fever cases detected in Jeddah
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID
Published ? Monday 3 March 2014
Last update 3 March 2014 4:34 am

Sami Badawood, director of the Directorate of Health Affairs of Jeddah, has confirmed that hospitals in Jeddah have received more than 260 cases of dengue fever in the past month. Speaking to Arab News, he said that more than 50 percent of these cases affected children...

 

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Source: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140309198031

102 dengue cases in Jeddah in 4 weeks
Sunday, 09 March 2014

JEDDAH ? At least 102 people have been afflicted with dengue fever in the past four weeks, according to weekly reports issued by the Directorate of Health Affairs. Jeddah Municipality and Health Affairs held an emergency meeting with the Committee for Combating Dengue Fever to discuss the results of the report...