Cambodia sees significant rise in dengue fever cases, says top health official

PHNOM PENH, July 6 (Bernama-Xinhua): Cambodia had reported 4,668 dengue fever cases in the first half of 2023, a sharp increase of 62.7 per cent from 2,869 cases over the same period last year, a top health official has announced.

"The disease claimed 10 lives during the January-June period this year, slightly up from seven deaths in the same period last year," Leang Rithea, National Dengue Programme manager and deputy director of the National Centre for Parasitology and Malaria Control, told Xinhua.