In Malaysia, 154 people died from dengue fever in a year, the total number of those infected exceeded 108,000, Malaysian Minister of Health Dzulkefly Ahmad said.
Report informs citing the RIA Novosti that as of October 26 this year, the total number of infected was 108,800 people. Over the same period in 2018, the number of cases was significantly lower-61,200. Thus, there is an increase in the number of infected by 77.3%.
The death toll from the virus in 2019 was 154, compared with 104 deaths last year.
Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by mosquito bites. Symptoms include fever, nausea, rash, headaches and lumbar pain. Hemorrhagic fever is accompanied by severe internal bleeding. The main vectors of dengue fever are Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. In the absence of a vector, a sick person does not pose an epidemiological danger.