31 JULY 1998. VIETNAM:
DISEASE (DENGUE) Source: Wire services "The government of Vietnam has reported
at least 166 people have died of dengue in Vietnam so far this year, four
times more than at the same time last year. The Ministry of Health said
nearly 70,000 people have contracted the disease this year, twice as many
as at this time in 1997. In 1997, 226 of the 107,000 people who contracted
the virus died. [Mortality rate in each year is 0.2% - Mod.CHC] The disease
is expected to peak during the worst of the rainy season, August and September.
Hospitals in some provinces were reporting overcrowding, with three patients
sharing a single bed at some hospitals." --Clyde Markon docmarkon@worldnet.att.net
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