Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Dengue epidemic kills 36 in Laos: WHO
(AFP) ? 6 hours ago
HANOI ? Mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed 36 people in Laos this year, the worst epidemic in at least five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
"It's a big epidemic year for dengue here," WHO epidemiologist Hannah Lewis told AFP from Laos.
She said that in the last five years the highest annual number of reported deaths was 22, with about 10 to 15 deaths the norm.
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(AFP) ? 6 hours ago
HANOI ? Mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed 36 people in Laos this year, the worst epidemic in at least five years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
"It's a big epidemic year for dengue here," WHO epidemiologist Hannah Lewis told AFP from Laos.
She said that in the last five years the highest annual number of reported deaths was 22, with about 10 to 15 deaths the norm.
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