Increase in dengue fever cases recorded

Cambodia recorded nearly 8,000 dengue fever cases in the first nine months of this year – a threefold jump compared to the same period last year. The Ministry of Health’s National Dengue Control Program (NDCP) director Leang Rithea said yesterday that the mosquito-borne disease killed 14 people, mostly children aged between two months and two years old during the January-September period this year.

He added that an increase in precipitation in the early rainy season was blamed for the rise in dengue fever cases and while people are worried about Covid-19 disease they have become negligent regarding dengue fever. “It rained more this year, and there are several factors contributing to the surge in dengue fever cases including climate change, heat, humidity, and rainfall,” Rithea said. “All in all, the more it rains, the more mosquitoes there are.”

Despite the growing number of cases, the NDCP has brought the situation under control after working with relevant stakeholders and local authorities, he added. Rithea said that dengue fever case rose because many people did not clean their houses regularly which allowed mosquitos to breed.

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