Parents, Don't Believe These Dengue Myths You've Heard About
It's dengue season again so we separate the myths and the facts about this disease
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Everyone is worried about the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, but there's another virus that's spreading around Singapore – Dengue fever.
There have been close to 2,000 Dengue Fever cases in the first five weeks of 2020. That's a 60 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2019!
As with many diseases, there is often a lot of misinformation surrounding Dengue. Dr Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious disease expert from Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, separates the myths from the facts for us:
