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The worst dengue fever outbreak in Singapore? What is dengue fever?
According to local media reports, as of August 2, the number of people who died of dengue virus in Singapore this year has reached 20. Previously, the largest number of deaths due to dengue fever in Singapore occurred in 2005, with 25 deaths.
Dengue fever is an acute infectious disease caused by dengue virus, which is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes and is mainly prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. Liang Haonan, an infectious disease expert at Novina Hospital in Elizabeth, Singapore, told reporters that dengue fever has existed in Southeast Asia for a long time, and the treatment plan is relatively mature, which will not occupy too many medical resources.
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Many factors have led to a sharp increase in dengue cases in Singapore this year. In addition to hot weather and heavy rain, the number of Aedes mosquitoes, the main vector of dengue virus, has also increased. This year, the measures taken to isolate the epidemic in COVID-19 affected activities such as weeding, and some public areas were neglected to maintain, which also contributed to the breeding of mosquitoes.
People's Daily Online -20 people died in the worst dengue fever epidemic in Singapore's history.
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