Macau recorded this year’s second imported case of dengue fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.
According to the statement, the patient is a 24-year-old female Thai visitor who travelled from Bangkok to Macau alone on Thursday last week.
After arriving in Macau, the statement said, the woman is staying at her friend’s home in Va Iec Building on Avenida de Sidónio Pais. The building is located opposite the entrance to Flora Garden.
The statement said that before travelling to Macau, the woman had already come down with a headache. After arriving here, the statement said, she also came down with a fever and muscle pain in addition to her headache persisting.
According to the statement, the Thai woman began to develop a rash on her torso and limbs on Saturday, before seeking treatment at the private Kiang Wu Hospital the next day where she had her sample collected for a test. She was diagnosed with Grade II dengue fever by the Health Bureau’s Public Health Laboratory yesterday, the statement said.
Last night’s statement said that the woman was in a stable condition, adding that she has meanwhile been discharged from the hospital and has returned to her friend’s home to rest.
According to the statement, the Thai woman has told the Health Bureau that after arriving in Macau, she had not left her friend’s home before going to Kiang Wu Hospital on Sunday for treatment.
The statement said that the Thai woman’s friend in Macau had not come down with dengue symptoms, but her son in Thailand had also been diagnosed with dengue fever there.
The statement underlined that the Macau Health Bureau has classified the woman’s case as an imported case of dengue fever after considering her travel history and the time of the onset of her symptoms, as well as its laboratory test results.
The Health Bureau has carried out measures to eradicate mosquitoes in the area around the home of the patient’s friend.
This year’s first imported case of dengue fever was recorded last month.
In 2019, the pre-COVID-19 pandemic year, Macau recorded a total of 27 cases of dengue fever, all of which were classified as imported.
Macau recorded one imported case of dengue fever in 2020, which was detected in February. Macau did not record any cases of dengue fever in 2021 and 2022.
