Gunung Kidul prone to dengue epidemics<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: At least 17 of 114 villages in the Gunung Kidul
\nregency are prone to dengue fever epidemics, says a local
\nofficial.<\/p>\n
\"The villages that are prone to the epidemics are located in
\nwater-rich subdistricts in the regency while the dengue fever has
\nrarely hit subdistricts lacking clean water,\" Wahyudi, chief of
\nthe Gunung Kidul health ministry office, said when launching an
\nanti-dengue campaign in Wonosari on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said the campaign would be conducted not only in the
\nvillages prone to the epidemics but also in schools in the
\nregency because the illness had frequently struck elementary and
\njunior high school students.<\/p>\n
This year, the local administration has recorded 78 dengue
\ncases that have claimed five lives.<\/p>\n
\"During the week-long campaign, local people and students will
\nbe asked to keep their surroundings, including their houses,
\nclean and to spray their surroundings to prevent aedis Aegypty
\nmosquitoes from transmitting the disease,\" he said. --Antara<\/p>",
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