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Singapore grapples with dengue fever while battling coronavirus

Near record cases of mosquito-borne illness strain overtaxed medical system

Singapore's government is using insecticides and other measures to try to rein in mosquito populations.   © Reuters
MAYUKO TANI, Nikkei staff writer | Singapore

SINGAPORE -- Singapore has been hit by an outbreak of dengue fever on pace to shatter records, adding to the burden on its health care infrastructure already taxed by growing coronavirus cases.

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