SEKAYU, South Sumatra: Beware of mosquitoes in Sekayu, Musi

SEKAYU, South Sumatra: Beware of mosquitoes in Sekayu, Musi Banyuasin regency, as at least 63 local people have been hospitalized with malaria just at the onset of the rainy season.

"This month, seven infected patients have undergone intensive treatment at the city's state hospital," a health worker said in the hospital here on Monday.

Sources at the hospital said people in poor health who were bitten by anopheles mosquitoes were particularly susceptible to the disease.

They said local people must be careful of mosquito bites because the mosquitoes bred in swamps in the regency. --Antara