PUTRAJAYA: Close to 20% of the 18,165 reported dengue cases from January to March 2 this year involved schoolchildren, Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan said.
Launching the Dengue Patrol Programme 2014 for primary schools nationwide yesterday, he said there was one fatality from the 3,571 cases which involved schoolchildren.
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