Cambodia records 7,058 dengue fever cases in H1


The peak of the dengue epidemic period in Cambodia is during the rainy season from May to October. - PPP

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported 7,058 dengue fever cases in the first half of 2024, a year-on-year increase of about 10 per cent, a health official said on Tuesday (July 23).

Leang Rithea, National Dengue Control Program manager and deputy director of the National Center for Parasitology and Malaria Control, told Xinhua that in response to the dengue situation, the kingdom has prepared more than 160 tonnes of Abate and many liters of mosquito repellent to prevent a large-scale outbreak.

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