Over 1,200 hospitalised as dengue outbreak hits Yangon

[DagonKhan]

 

Over 1,200 hospitalised as dengue outbreak hits Yangon Published on Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:09

 

More than 1,200 people – most of them children – have been hospitalised with severe dengue in Yangon between January and July and 12 of them have died from the mosquito-borne disease, the Yangon Region Health Department said.

 

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[Chicog]

Mother nature is winning, isn't she?

 

 

 

Outbreaks have proven extremely difficult to contain because a single mosquito can infect several people within a few hours, public health officials say.