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Dengue cases in Singapore to surge to 23,000

Is there a cause for alarm?

According to a Bloomberg report, Singapore’s dengue cases are set to surge to a record this year, prompting the government to break into homes that could be breeding grounds for mosquitoes that transmit the disease.

Citing Leo Yee Sin, director of Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s communicable disease center, Bloomberg noted that dengue infections may rise to 23,000 this year, exceeding the record 14,000 in 2005.

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