Malaysia Dengue

Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains.

Malaysia recorded 336 dengue deaths - the highest ever - last year as it saw a whopping 50 per cent jump in the number of fatalities due to mosquito-borne viral disease compared to 2014, the government said today.

One of the most familiar sounds in Malaysia's capital is the approaching drone of a fumigation fogger spewing thick white plumes of insecticide, part of so-far futile efforts to arrest a spiralling dengue fever outbreak.

Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains.

Malaysia recorded 336 dengue deaths - the highest ever - last year as it saw a whopping 50 per cent jump in the number of fatalities due to mosquito-borne viral disease compared to 2014, the government said today.

One of the most familiar sounds in Malaysia's capital is the approaching drone of a fumigation fogger spewing thick white plumes of insecticide, part of so-far futile efforts to arrest a spiralling dengue fever outbreak.