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Phnom Penh authorities launch mosquito spraying campaign in 47 communes in 4 districts for 7 days

Following the guidance of Prime Minister Hun Manet, on the welfare of the people and according to the actual situation of the dengue fever, Khuong Sreng, governor of Phnom Penh municipal led the meeting with authorities and relevant officials to take immediate action by spraying ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501449138/phnom-penh-authorities-launch-mosquito-spraying-campaign-in-47-communes-in-4-districts-for-7-days/

PM Hun Manet: Promoting people’ health is the priority of the Royal Government

Promoting the health and well-being of the people is an important priority of the Royal Government, which the ministries, institutions and sub-national administrations must continue to pay attention to regularly. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445611/pm-hun-manet-promoting-people-health-is-the-priority-of-the-royal-government/

Spike in dengue fever cases

Cambodia recorded a record number of dengue fever cases in the first nine months of 2023, reaching 21,568. This marks a huge 184 percent hike from the same period last year, with the population urged to take precautions. ...

Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/spike-in-dengue-fever-cases

Dengue cases on the rise, warns Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health has reissued its warning that dengue fever will be on the rise and has asked people to be vigilant and implement measures to prevent a large-scale outbreak of the disease in the community. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361862/dengue-cases-on-the-rise-warns-health-ministry/

Cambodia reports elevated dengue fever activity reported nationwide as of August 1

Health authorities continue to report elevated dengue fever activity nationwide in Cambodia, with an additional 3,363 cases reported from June 27-July 23; bringing the total to more than 8,020 since Jan. 1. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336328/cambodia-reports-elevated-dengue-fever-activity-reported-nationwide-as-of-august-1/

Dengue cases on the rise, three times higher than last year

In the first seven weeks of the year, Cambodia had more than 750 cases of dengue fever, of which two were fatal. The increase was almost three times higher than the same period last year, according to the National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP). ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259572/dengue-cases-on-the-rise-three-times-higher-than-last-year/

Warnings issued as dengue fever cases this year triple

Leang Rithea, director of the Ministry of Health’s National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP), said that from January 1 to February 7, more than 400 cases of dengue fever were recorded in Cambodia. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/warnings-issued-dengue-fever-cases-year-triple

Concern over dengue surge

The recent surge in dengue fever cases has prompted the Ministry of Health to request hospitals to enhance health services to accommodate patients with the disease, adding that there could be a major outbreak if the proper preventative measures aren’t followed. ...

Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093438/concern-over-dengue-surge/

Dengue fever cases surge in 2022

In the first five months of this year, Cambodia detected more than 1,100 cases of dengue fever, an increase of over 600 cases compared to the same period last year, including two deaths. ...

Nang Veasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089983/dengue-fever-cases-surge-in-2022/

Public warned of dengue fever

The National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP) reminded people to be vigilant against dengue fever, as the first five months of this year saw more than 1,200 confirmed cases of the disease, an increase of about 300 compared to the same period last year. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-warned-dengue-fever

Cambodia reports 3,339 cases of dengue fever in 6 months, down 88 percent

Cambodia has seen 3,339 dengue fever cases in the first half of 2020, down 88 percent from 28,285 cases over the same period last year, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Wednesday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744864/cambodia-reports-3339-cases-of-dengue-fever-in-6-months-down-88-percent/

Dengue cases in sharp decline

A Ministry of Health report released on Wednesday revealed that dengue fever cases have decreased by about 88 per cent in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year. ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-sharp-decline

Ministry of Health warns of dengue fever as rainy season looms

The Ministry of Health has warned the public of the likely increase in dengue fever cases in the coming weeks due to the onset of the rainy season. ...

Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728458/ministry-of-health-warns-of-dengue-fever-as-rainy-season-looms/

Ministry records decrease in dengue

The Health Ministry yesterday said that the number of people contracting dengue fever continues to decrease across the Kingdom in the wake of a spike. The ministry noted that about 2,400 new cases were found across the Kingdom this month since a spike in July. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50635149/ministry-records-decrease-in-dengue/

Dengue death toll hits 25

The ministry said the number of people diagnosed with dengue fever this year had reached 21,130, with 25 people – all of them children – dying from the tropical disease. Ministry of Health spokesperson Or Vandine told The Post on Wednesday that the number of dengue ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-death-toll-hits-25

Ministry: Dengue fever cases kill 24, see fivefold increase

Twenty-four people have been killed by dengue fever in the first six months of this year – a fivefold increase on the same period last year when seven people died from the virus. There have been more than 10,000 reported cases of dengue so far ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-dengue-fever-cases-kill-24-see-fivefold-increase

Siem Reap sees sixfold rise in dengue fever

From January 1 to June 9, more than 6,000 patients received treatment for dengue fever at hospitals in Siem Reap province, out of whom eight died. The figure represents a sixfold increase compared to the same period last year when there were no casualties. Bou ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-sees-sixfold-rise-dengue-fever

Provinces combating dengue outbreak

With four people having now died from dengue fever in Kratie and Ratanakkiri, three of whom were children, the provincial health departments are spraying and distributing insecticide to target the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the virus. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provinces-combating-dengue-outbreak

Increase in dengue reported in Siem Reap

The Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC) has expressed its concerns over an increase in severe dengue cases in Siem Reap province. AHC admitted 265 children infected with the virus in the past two months alone, which is more than all of last year, according to ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/increase-dengue-reported-siem-reap

Dengue cases hit 1,000-mark in 2019

More than 1,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported so far this year, a number similar to that reported over the same period last year, said Leang Rithea, the dengue control programme manager at the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control. Rithea ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-hit-1000-mark-2019

Dengue outbreak sees 1,691 kids hospitalised in a month

A total of 1,691 children were hospitalised at Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital between October 21 and November 21 after an outbreak of haemorrhagic dengue fever. Another 1,626 children were hospitalised at other Kantha Bopha hospitals during the same period, according to a report from the ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-outbreak-sees-1691-kids-hospitalised-month

Ministry issues health warning over receding flood waters

The Health Ministry is appealing to flood victims to take precautions against contracting diseases as waters recede. Health Minister Mam Bun Heng on Tuesday made the appeal during a visit to distribute medicine to families in Tboung Khmum province. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50525762/ministry-issues-health-warning-over-receding-flood-waters/

Parents urged to be cautious over dengue

The Health Ministry has urged parents who suspect their children to be suffering from dengue infections, to immediately send them to state-run hospitals for treatment. The call follows the death of 13 children due to dengue fever over the last eight months. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parents-urged-be-cautious-over-dengue

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