Dengue numbers swelling, says ministry

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Sen David and Sarah Taguiam

With cases in the past six months more than doubled compared to last year, the Ministry of Health is urging Cambodians to exercise caution as the Kingdom builds toward an expected periodic dengue outbreak.

Since January, 1,346 people have been infected by the virus – a 69 per cent increase from the same period in 2014, National Dengue Control Program manager Dr Leng Rithea said yesterday at a National Dengue Day event in Phnom Penh.

About 71 per cent of those infected were primary school children between the ages of five and 14. Three children have died from the disease.

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