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Opinion: Move fast to arrest spread of Dengue fever

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In the lead-up to the 2016 Rio, Brazil Olympics, an outbreak of the Zika virus and Dengue fever threatened to throw the games into disarray as it was feared participants would shirk from going to Brazil for the event. Both the Zika virus and Dengue fever are spread by mosquitoes.

Mombasa County health officials have issued an alert over the outbreak of Dengue fever. So far, 150 have been diagnosed with the fever and this should worry us.

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