WHILE Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore have within this past year approved the new vaccine against dengue fever and started to make strides against the deadly disease, Malaysia continues to rely on outmoded mosquito control techniques such as fogging.
Last year, 93,781 Malaysians contracted dengue fever and 217 died, according to the Government’s November update.
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