Dengue fever cases surge in 2022

In the first five months of this year, Cambodia detected more than 1,100 cases of dengue fever, an increase of over 600 cases compared to the same period last year, including two deaths. Dr Leang Rithea, Director of the National Dengue Fever Programme of the Ministry of Health, said yesterday that from January to May, there were 1,125 reported cases of dengue fever, including two fatalities.

This is an increase of 625 cases compared to the same period in 2021. Last year there were 500 cases, but no deaths. These figures show that dengue outbreaks can occur at any time, which requires people to be vigilant and work together to clean their local environment, especially around homes, and remove any receptacles that can store water and may be contaminated with mosquito eggs, he said.

Objects, such as cans, coconut shells, and car tyres, which can store water need to be removed and destroyed as water in the objects are used by mosquitoes to lay eggs that develop into adult mosquitoes, which can carry the disease.

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