Disease control expert： Guangdong dengue fever epidemic may end in mid-December.

Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, December 3 (Reporter Bai Yu) According to the latest report from the Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission, 164 new cases of dengue fever were reported in the province from November 25th to December 1st, which was 56 cases less than the previous week and 25.5% lower than the previous month. There were no new cases in eight prefecture-level cities. Experts predict that the dengue fever epidemic may end in mid-December.

As of 0: 00 on December 1st, 20 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province have reported a total of 45,053 cases of dengue fever this year, including 37,280 cases in Guangzhou and 442 cases in Shenzhen. There were 18,910 hospitalized cases, and 18,771 discharged cases were cured. A total of 6 deaths were reported, including 5 cases in Guangzhou and 1 case in Foshan.

According to the analysis of disease control experts, with the implementation of various prevention and control measures and the gradual cooling of the weather, the density of mosquito vectors has decreased significantly. In the middle of this month or in the next two weeks, the dengue fever epidemic spread locally in Guangdong will probably end.