Number of Dengue Cases Drops From Last Year
Fifty people have died from dengue fever in the first 10 months of this year, a decrease of 72 percent on the same period last year when 176 deaths were recorded, the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control said Monday. Continuing a month-on-month trend, the number of reported dengue cases from January to October is also significantly down on last year’s figures, dropping 59 percent from 40,164 cases to 16,326, the center’s director, Char Meng Chuor, said in a statement. … Mr. Meng Chuor said that severe flooding caused by recent heavy rains may have had an impact this year as fast moving water flushed the larvae away, however he said that despite the decrease in cases it was vital for families in areas where water had receded to be extra vigilant. …
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