PUTRAJAYA, 8 June 2020:
Malaysia has recorded its first single digit Covid-19 rise when only seven cases were recorded, the lowest daily increase so far.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases to 8,329 in which 20 patients recovered and were discharged.
He said this takes the number of Covid-19 infectivity cases to 1,518 and they are isolated and given treatment.
“From the seven new cases reported, two cases were imported infection while five cases were from local transmission among Malaysians,” he told the daily media conference here today.
He added that there were no fatalities recorded today and the cumulative death toll stays at 117 cases or 1.4% of overall cases.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has forecast a second wave of dengue cases from June until September.
Although there had been a downtrend in the number of dengue cases since early this year, Dr Noor Hisham said there has been an upward trend since six weeks ago, with an average increase of 8% a week.
From January until June this year, there have been 84 dengue deaths compared to 83 cases last year.
“Based on initial investigations on the 84 dengue deaths this year, 11% was due to late in seeking treatment, which is three days after showing symptoms.”
Dr Noor Hisham said from January to June 6, 48,584 dengue cases were reported compared to 54,524 cases during the same period last year, which is an 11% decrease.
Dr Noor Hisham said that following the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), which will begin on Wednesday (June 10), more economic sectors and businesses would reopen and social, education and religious activities would resume.
“It’s possible that premises which were closed and had no movement of people could be breeding grounds for mosquitoes, therefore the public are advised to maintain hygiene in their respective areas.
“Especially in places that collect water and other potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Efforts to eradicate Aedes mosquitoes and dengue fever are our responsibilities, just like how we work together to break the Covid-19 infection.”
At the same time, he said, preventive measures to curb the spread of dengue fever should be adopted in line with the new normal.
He clarified that premise owners should clean the inside and outside of their premises weekly; any premises or rooms that have not been used for some time should be sprayed with aerosol before reopening, apart from conducting larviciding (larvae termination).
– Bernama