PHNOM PENH, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported 4,434 dengue fever
cases in the first five months of this year, an increase of 340 percent
from 1,007 cases at the same period last year, Ngan Chantha, director of
the health ministry's dengue control program, said Thursday.
From January to May 2012, the disease killed 21 children, up from only 8 deaths at the same period last year, he told Xinhua over telephone.
"The disease bursts out in a large scale in every five years-- this year can be the large scale outbreak of the disease," Ngan Chantha said, citing the large scale outbreak in 2007 with 40,000 reported cases, killing 407 children.
To prevent the outbreak this year, he said, about 270 tones of Abate (a chemical substance used to kill larvae in water pots) have been distributing free of charge to households.
He also appealed to people to sleep under mosquito nets and keep clean environment around their houses.
Dengue is caused by mosquitoes. The disease causes an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and joint pain, swollen glands and rash.
In Cambodia, the outbreak of dengue fever usually begins at the onset of the rainy season in May and lasts until October.
Last year, the country reported 15,980 dengue fever cases, killing 73 children.
From January to May 2012, the disease killed 21 children, up from only 8 deaths at the same period last year, he told Xinhua over telephone.
"The disease bursts out in a large scale in every five years-- this year can be the large scale outbreak of the disease," Ngan Chantha said, citing the large scale outbreak in 2007 with 40,000 reported cases, killing 407 children.
To prevent the outbreak this year, he said, about 270 tones of Abate (a chemical substance used to kill larvae in water pots) have been distributing free of charge to households.
He also appealed to people to sleep under mosquito nets and keep clean environment around their houses.
Dengue is caused by mosquitoes. The disease causes an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and joint pain, swollen glands and rash.
In Cambodia, the outbreak of dengue fever usually begins at the onset of the rainy season in May and lasts until October.
Last year, the country reported 15,980 dengue fever cases, killing 73 children.
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