Dengue fever kills 13 in Jambi

Dengue fever kills 13 in Jambi

JAMBI, Jambi: Dengue fever has claimed 13 lives between January and May this year, an official said on Saturday.

Jambi mayor H.M. Sabki said that over the period, the disease affected a total of 260 people.

The mayoralty had the most dengue fever cases throughout the province between 1990 and 1994. It reported 50 cases a year during that period, the mayor said.

"The most cases were reported in Januaries and Decembers," he was quoted by the Antara news agency.

This year's cases outnumbered last year's over the same period. In 1995, 120 cases and five deaths were reported.

"It is a major epidemic this year. We fear the disease will spread unchecked unless proper measures are taken," he said. (31)