Bolivian dengue child

Video: Bolivia dengue epidemic

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 Bolivia suffers dengue outbreak 
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Almost 500 Cuban medical workers have arrived in Bolivia to help authorities cope with the country’s worst ever dengue epidemic.

31,000 cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been diagnosed in recent weeks, with 20 people dying.

Bolivian troops are moving through the worst affected areas helping with fumigation efforts.

Al Jazeera’s Sebastian Walker reports.

 
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