Peru issues alert over dengue fever
Government fumigates nearly 70,000 homes of sparsely inhabited areas in the Amazon to curb spread of the fever.
Published On 1 Jan 2013
The government in Peru is on high alert following a new outbreak of dengue fever in the remote Amazon region.
The deadly disease has been sweeping through Peru for more than a year.
Al Jazeera’s Mariana Sanchez reports from Lima.
Source: Al Jazeera