Loas: Death toll and cases from dengue fever rising


VIENTIANE, July 27 (Xinhua): Laos Ministry of Health reported 115 more confirmed cases of dengue fever and one new death from the disease.

Some 3,799 people has been diagnosed with dengue fever and nine deaths were recorded, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Monday.

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