Cambodia sees sharp rise in dengue fever cases, with 38 deaths in first 9 months

Parents are urged to take their sick children to health centres or state hospitals within 48 hours if they suspect their kids are infected with the dengue virus. - Reuters

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia had recorded 21,568 dengue fever cases in the first nine months of 2023, a significant rise of 184 per cent from 7,597 cases over the same period last year, a health official said on Thursday (Oct 5).

"The disease killed 38 people during the January-September period this year, up from 14 deaths over the same period last year," Leang Rithea, National Dengue Program manager and deputy director of the National Center for Parasitology and Malaria Control, told Xinhua.