Macau recorded two imported cases of dengue fever yesterday, raising the number of this year’s cases so far to seven, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.
Macau reported seven imported cases of dengue fever last year.
According to the statement, this year’s sixth dengue fever patient is a mainlander who works in Macau and lives in Zhuhai.
The workplace of the 36-year-old male non-resident worker is located near Rua de Coelho do Amaral (連勝街), the main street running from Luís de Camões Garden to the private Kiang Wu Hospital.
The statement said that the man returned to Shunde District of Foshan City to visit his family between September 29 and October 2, and between Saturday last week and Monday.
On Saturday last week when he was in Foshan, the statement said, the man came down with a fever and headache and then sought treatment there before returning to Macau on Monday where he sought treatment at Kiang Wu Hospital.
According to the statement, he was diagnosed with Grade I dengue fever by the Health Bureau’s Public Health Laboratory yesterday.
This year’s seventh dengue fever patient is a 31-year-old local man who lives in Zhuhai. The statement said that his workplace is located near Avenida de Lisboa (葡京路), the street between Hotel Lisboa and the Grand Lisboa hotel-casino tower.
According to the statement, the man visited Malaysia with his family members between September 22 and 29. He came down with a fever and diarrhoea on Sunday, after which he sought treatment in Zhuhai on Monday, before seeking treatment at Kiang Wu Hospital yesterday when he was diagnosed with Grade II dengue fever by the Health Bureau’s Public Health Laboratory.
Last night’s statement said that both were in a stable condition. However, the statement failed to mention whether they have been hospitalised.
The statement underlined that the Macau Health Bureau has classified the two men’s cases as imported cases of dengue fever after considering their travel history and the time of the onset of their symptoms, as well as its laboratory test results.
Poster in Chinese released by the Health Bureau (SSM) in August about mosquito life cycle.
