Perak state records 22 dengue-related deaths last year and will continue to combat menace


Inundated: Affected folk salvaging their belongings after their shop was hit by floods recently.

THERE were 22 dengue-related deaths in 2014, and the state will continue to combat the menace this year.

Perak Health Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said 2014 was a bad year, with the dengue outbreak as the cumulative dengue cases reached 7,525 last year, compared to 2,519 cases in 2013.

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