Dengue fever kills six in Brebes

SEMARANG, Central Java: At least six people have died over the last three months from an outbreak of dengue fever in Brebes regency, Central Java.

The head of the local health office, Krishnajaya, said here over the weekend that the victims were residents of Sengon village, Tanjung district. Four other people are being treated for dengue fever at the hospital in Brebes.

He said his office had distributed medicine, fogging equipment and sprayers to fight against the spread of the epidemic.

He said in addition to these measures, locals had been asked to empty containers of standing water, where the aedes aegypti mosquito can usually be found. --JP