VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Lao people and health authorities are concerned about the increase in deaths due to dengue fever, as the Ministry of Health most recently reported that a four-year-old girl died from the virus, taking the dengue death toll to 19 in the South-East Asian country so far in 2023.
The Ministry has confirmed the country's latest dengue fatality reported in south Laos' Sekong province. So far this year, 32,054 cases have been recorded, according to a report by the ministry' Center of Information and Education for Health on Saturday.
