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Dengue fever kills 30 in Vietnam provinces

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-12 14:09

HANOI: Dengue fever kills 30 in the Mekong Delta provinces of Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, local newspaper the Pioneer reported Monday.

In this period, 32,000 cases of dengue fever were reported in the Mekong Delta provinces, said the newspaper.

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Among the provinces, Kien Giang has the highest number of dengue fever cases with 4,500. Soc Trang came second with 4,340 people infected with the disease. A total of 11 deaths of dengue fever were reported in the two provinces, according to the newspaper.

Weather conditions and poor awareness of disease prevention were blamed for the spread of dengue fever in the Mekong Delta provinces, according to the newspaper.