Public Health alerts

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The Ministry of Public Health is warning the public to take extra precautions to avoid contracting conjunctivitis, gastrointestinal, respiratory and other illnesses that have been aggravated primarily among the poor after recent flooding. The Ministry also added that the death toll from dengue fever could reach 40 from a total of 10,000 reported cases. Health and sanitation experts are advising families to take precautions to prevent these diseases. The health authorities are still not saying that leptospirosis is under control and urged families to take precautions to avoid this contagious disease.

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