81 cases of dengue fever in Aldhalie [Archives:2005/871/Local News]

Eighty-one cases of dengue fever were the toll announced Saturday 20 August to have been discovered in Aldhalie governorate. Source at the ministry said the ministry had dispatched a medical team, headed by Dr. Fuaz Shihab, an expert in the World Health Organization, to investigate into the cases and set a plan for combating mosquitoes and other insects that transfer the disease.

Yemen Times learnt that malaria is now spreading in remote areas of the governorate. Authorities in the governorate started a two – phase campaign spraying of fumes and mists of pesticides to fight insects that spread diseases. Breeding pools that keep rain water were also filled up with earth.
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