KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - More than 1,200 suspected cases of dengue fever were reported in Malaysia last week, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, with the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease reaching 76 so far this year.
Officials have escalated efforts to curb the disease by inspecting construction sites and residential areas where mosquitoes might thrive in stagnant water, said Ramlee Rahmat, the director of the health ministry's disease control division.
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