Dengue kills four in Kudus

Dengue kills four in Kudus

KUDUS, Central Java: Dengue hemorrhagic fever has claimed at
least four lives here this year, head of the regency's ministry
of health office Muchtadi disclosed on Thursday.

He said his office recorded a total of 136 cases, most of them
affecting women and children. The dengue cases have been found in
39 of the 130 subdistricts in Kudus, home to the cigarette
industry of Central Java.

The health office identifies Kaliwangu, Kota and Undaman
districts as the most dengue fever-prone areas in the regency.
The subdistricts have been fumigated. (har)