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Islands in focus: Dengue fever cases on the rise in Gorontalo
Cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Gorontalo city are continuing to rise, with at least three people, two children and an adult woman, succumbing to the disease in January this year
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ases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Gorontalo city are continuing to rise, with at least three people, two children and an adult woman, succumbing to the disease in January this year.
'The dead woman was a young housewife in Huangobotu subdistrict, the third victim to die in January,' Gorontalo Health Agency environmental health division head Dr. Yana Suleman said on Tuesday.
The latest victim was rushed to Aloei Saboe Regional Hospital, where she died less than 24 hours later. The area in which the deceased lived, Yana said, had in fact been fumigated earlier by city health officers.
'This can serve as a lesson for other residents that even with fumigation, environmental hygiene must be maintained,' said Yana.
In January, she added, at least 130 dengue cases had been recorded, with the mosquito-borne disease spreading to 27 of the city's 50 subdistricts.
