Beware them mosquitoes — the National Environment Agency (NEA) has warned that it's likely that dengue cases will spike up as the weather starts to heat up into the usual Singapore sweat-staining standards.
The warmer-than-usual weather supports faster breeding and maturation cycles of mosquitoes, which explain the increase in the Aedes mosquito population. The incubation periods for the dengue virus are also reduced with the hotter weather too.
NEA's latest figures have shown a total of 554 reported cases just the week ending Jan 9, Channel NewsAsia reports, which was said to be 96 more than the previous week.