Singapore had its third-biggest dengue outbreak in 2019, with more than 16,100 people down with the viral infection.- ST/ANN
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Mosquitoes came back with a vengeance over the Christmas and New Year period, as more people came down with dengue after five weeks of falling numbers of the infection.
There were 291 cases in the week ending Dec 28, up from 226 the previous week - a 29 per cent jump.
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