Wednesday, July 23, 2014

PRO/MBDS> Dengue - Malaysia (06)

Dengue -- Worldwide/Unknown

The government will declare dengue hot spots as outbreak areas if dengue cases continue to rise, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said such a move would give full power to the health minister to implement prevention and control initiatives in accordance to the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act 1975 (Amendment 2000).

"The residents cannot object and the local authorities cannot stop if the area is declared as an outbreak area because, if it is not



Source: HealthMap Global Disease Alerts http://ift.tt/1pcKF8N

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