Dengue fever kills 165

Dengue fever kills 165

SEMARANG: Dengue fever has killed at least 165 and sent 7,500
people to hospital between January and September this year, a
health official said Saturday.

The number of dengue victims is higher than during the same
period last year, when 122 people died and another 5,527 were
hospitalized, chief of the Central Java health office Sudibyo
Yuwono said.

The areas most vulnerable to the deadly disease are the 14
regencies in low areas along the province's northern coast.

The local government has spent Rp 184 million (US$78,000) to
control the disease, Yuwono said. (har)