Overview

• Municipal data show 60 malaria cases were logged last week, taking the year’s total to 431, the highest level in five years.
• Dengue infections rose by 81 last week to 840 this year, while chikungunya added 14 cases for a total of 75.
• Domestic Breeding Checkers and other contractual field staff have continued a second week of protest, constraining on-the-ground control operations.
• Authorities report large numbers of untraced patients, including 122 dengue cases from the past week, complicating cluster mapping and targeted response.
• Vector teams identified 11,307 breeding sites in the week ending September 29, pushing the year-to-date tally above 209,000, with officials noting no deaths recorded so far.