Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of deaths due to dengue also dropped significantly last year, to 20 from 145 deaths in 2020.
He said based on previous data and trends in dengue fever, the Health Ministry found high increase in cases every four to five years with the surge in dengue fever cases in 2010, 2015 and 2019. Among measures taken are gazetting dengue illnesses under the Malaysian law since 1988, improving online notification methods, namely e-Notification and eDengue, identifying healthcare information systems digitally and developing a risk mapping system to facilitate the planning of vector control activities in the field.
"Although we currently have dengue vaccine in the market, Malaysia does not meet the criteria recommended by the World Health Organisation , which sets the dengue seroprevalence rate of at least 80 per cent at the age of nine to be considered under the national immunisation programme.
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