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DENGUE-MYANMAR
Over 900 Myanmar infected with dengue fever In Myanmar
YANGON, Aug 08 (BSS/XINHUA) — The outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever
(DHF) has infected 950 people with eight deaths in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
in seven months this year, according to the Health Department Wednesday.
During the period, residents in Yinmabin, Kale, Pale, Monywa and Salingyi
towns in the region were mostly affected by the dengue fever.
The DHF disease, a mosquito-borne disease, is mostly common in rainy
season.
Overcrowding, lack of sanitation, unhygienic water storage are blamed for
causing the infectious disease.
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