Dengue Outbreak Areas in Penang -- update on 20 September 2010

I attended a dengue seminar organised by Penang State Health Department on last Sunday. There are lectures from public health (vector unit) and infectious disease consultants (adult and children medicine). The participants are doctors from private practice.

I benefited from the lectures and impressed on the heated discussion during the Q & A session. The doctors are really concerned with the dengue outbreak in Penang.

• There are already 4 dengue deaths this year, compared to only 1 last year.
• The dengue vaccine is coming soon (I have heard it from the medical student days!!!)
• The WHO has made the classification easier and more practical to doctors.

Below is the list of dengue outbreak areas in Penang, copy and paste from an email from Penang Sate Health Department:
Dear All
Enclosed is the current dengue outbreak areas

update on dengue outbreak areas, 15 localities

Flat Hamna, Sungai Dua, Timur Laut
Taman Pelangi, Bukit Mertajam, SPT
Kampung Pisang, Air Itam, Timur Laut
Flat Seri Delima, Sungai Ara, Barat Daya
Taman Bukit Jambul, Timur Laut
Taman Utara, Batu Uban, Timur Laut
Tingkat Teluk Kumbar, Bayan Lepas, Barat Daya
Lorong Nipah, Sungai Dua, Timur Laut
Jalan Molek, Taman Brown, Timur Laut
Lengkok Sungai Gelugor, Gelugor, Timur Laut
Desa Airmas, Sungai Dua, Timur Laut
Desa Permai Indah, Sungai Dua, Timur Laut
Lorong Semarak Api, Air Itam, Timur Laut
Sunny Ville, Batu Uban, Timur Laut
Lorong Mahsuri, Bayan Lepas, Barat Daya