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Singapore may face the biggest dengue outbreak ever, warns the National Environment Agency (NEA), “unless collective community action is taken”.
It issued a release saying the number of weekly cases is expected to exceed the historical high of 891. The 735 cases last week was the highest in more than five years.
Since Sunday, another 291 people have been infected.
As of 3pm on Tuesday (June 2), there had been 9,261 infections – far more than double the number last year for the same period.
The NEA statement said: “The number of dengue cases this year is expected to exceed the 15,998 cases reported in 2019, and may even surpass the 22,170 cases reported in 2013.”
In the past two months, another five people have died from dengue, bringing the total number of deaths this year to 12.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the 12 people who died after getting the mosquito-borne disease were aged between 56 and 80 years old. Of them, 10 worked or resided in active dengue clusters.
Last year, 20 people died of dengue.
There are now 176 active dengue clusters, the biggest at Woodleigh with 181 people infected.
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