Students most hit by dengue


KUALA LUMPUR: As many as one in four dengue cases reported each year involve students, said the Health Ministry.

Public Health deputy director-general Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said that out of the 13,889 dengue cases reported between January and September this year, 2,635 (19%) were students and out of 22 deaths, two involved students.

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