Sri Lanka Dengue Outbreak: Government steps up efforts to eradicate virus

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Channel: TRT World · 2017 · News & Politics

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Sri Lanka is experiencing the worst ever outbreak of Dengue fever. So far this year, 76-thousand people have been infected and more than 200 have died from the mosquito-transmitted virus. And to make things worse, last month's torrential rains are making the outbreak even harder to control. Kim Vinnell reports.  

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