KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Malaysia recorded the lowest number of dengue cases last year, with only 26,365 cases since a decade ago and a drop of 70.8 per cent from 90,304 cases in 2020.
“However, dengue remains a public health threat in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said in a statement here today which was issued in conjunction with the World Neglected Tropical Disease Day which was celebrated yesterday. Sharing the success story on dengue control in the country, Dr Noor Hisham said, it was focused on public health measures, especially early detection and vector management, there was still no effective mechanism to overcome the dengue virus.
However, he said, unlike most other infectious diseases, there was no specific treatment, such as antivirus, for dengue.
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