Rp 2b prepared to fight dengue<\/p>\n
MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The Makassar municipality
\nadministration has provided no less than Rp 2 billion
\n(US$225,500) to eradicate dengue fever which has killed 12 people
\nso far this year.<\/p>\n
\"We are giving our full attention to the eradication of
\ndiseases which threaten the life of people, including dengue
\nfever,\" Mayor Amiruddin Maula said upon the launch of an anti-
\ndengue campaign at Banta-Bantaeng subdistrict on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The fund will be used to finance a simultaneous program to
\nfight the disease across the city.<\/p>\n
The municipal health agency head, Armin Nurdin, most of the
\npeople died because of belated first aid. There are now 45 people
\nreceiving treatment in hospitals in the town.<\/p>\n
The agency recorded 289 cases of dengue fever in the first two
\nmonths of the year. Last year there were 1,464 cases registered,
\nwith 19 dead.<\/p>\n
Armin said fumigation had been conducted to kill the aedes
\naegypti mosquito, which spreads the disease, but it was not
\nenough to prevent the fever from claiming lives. -- Antara<\/p>",
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