China's Health Ministry on Monday warned that some regions of
the country were still at risk of dengue fever despite a decline in
infectious disease cases across the country.
Ministry spokesman Mao Qunan told a press conference that dengue
fever outbreaks had occurred recently in some southern
provinces.
Guangdong Province had reported 41 dengue
fever cases by Thursday and the provincial health and disease
control departments had quarantined the patients under close
observation.
The total reported dengue cases in the country was 73 by
September 5, compared with 280 in the same period last year, Mao
said.
"So far, dengue has shown no signs of spreading beyond the
reporting provinces, but risks still exist within the provinces,"
he said
"We will pay close attention to the situation in Guangdong
Province and keep the media informed," he added.
(Xinhua News Agency September 10, 2007)