Report by Singapore News. The number of dengue fever cases in Singapore is expected to remain high for the rest of the year, local media reported on Thursday.An average of about 105 cases have been recorded every week this year and this is expected to continue, said the National Environment Agency (NEA), local daily The Straits Times reported.
There is good news though, as the number of cases has dropped in recent weeks, from a high of 182 seen during one week last month.
A sweeping check by the authorities of more than 300 construction sites over a two-week period last month identified 52 as mosquito-breeding sites.
The recent spike in cases can also be attributed to the larger number of breeding spots discovered in homes and hot spots like construction sites, NEA said.
Some 19,000 such spots had been found in the year until September, compared to 16,878 in the first nine months of last year.
So far, a total of 4,364 cases of the vector-borne diseases have been reported in Singapore this year, up from 3,775 in the same period last year.
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