With 293 dead and over 61,000 infected, 2023 is now the deadliest year since the nation’s first recorded epidemic in 2000. Read more at straitstimes.com.
with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely populated country.
The government has launched initiatives to limit the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, from awareness campaigns to efforts to kill mosquito larvae following a spell of rains, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said. Experts say they expect to get more cases through August and September. The deaths so far in 2023 already top the previous record of 281 from 2022, with the number of people infected just behind the 62,423 cases of 2022.
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