Spike in dengue cases to last until end of year


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 25 Jun 2015

Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah director-general of Health Ministry

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians need to brace themselves for the dengue outbreak as the spike in cases is expected to last until the end of the year.

Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said the number of cases was expected to be high due to change in dengue serotype shift from DEN-2 to DEN-1, which occurred in April.

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