Vietnam reports 11 dengue fever fatalities in 5 months

HANOI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam detected 12,064 cases of dengue fever infections, including 11 fatalities in the first five months of this year, according to local newspaper People on Wednesday.

Most of the patients are from southern localities, including Soc Trang, Ben Tre and Ca Mau provinces, whose weather conditions and local people's habit of storing water in containers at their houses favor the breeding of mosquitoes, the disease's transmitter.

Local healthcare agencies are asking residents to frequently clean up environment around their accommodations, mainly by keeping water containers close and clean, and killing mosquitoes and their larvae.