Via Xinhua: Dominica sees at least 325 new dengue cases each week. The headline is potentially confusing, since the Caribbean has an island called Dominica, completely different from the DR. Excerpt:
At least 325 new cases of dengue fever are reported every week in the Dominican Republic recently, the Public Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Public Health Minister Freddy Hidalgo led thousands of volunteers to participate in a national campaign against the disease in a western district of the capital Santo Domingo on Tuesday.
Hidalgo stressed the importance of cleaning the environment to the neighbors in the region, and introduced preventive measures to combat the disease, including fumigating homes, detecting and eliminating sites where water can accumulate and become a breeding ground for the mosquito that transmits the disease.
