YANGON, Myanmar, Aug 15 (NNN-MNA) – Forty-eight people died and over 10,757 others were infected by Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) across Myanmar, in the past seven months, according to a release from the Public Health Department under the Ministry of Health and Sports, on Wednesday.
As of July 27, Ayeyarwady region registered the highest numbers of DHF infection cases, with 1,974 cases and five deaths, followed by Yangon region with 1,788 cases and 15 deaths, the department’s figures showed.
The figures showed that children aged between five and nine, are mostly infected by the dengue virus, with 4,473 cases registered during the period.
In 2018, a total of 187 people died of the mosquito-borne disease, in connection with 3,649 cases, with 25 deaths in Yangon.
Dengue fever in the country mostly occurs in the rainy season, from June to Aug.
People are warned to take prevention against the DHF transmission, as lack of sanitation, unhygienic water storage, are blamed for causing the infectious disease.– NNN-MNA
