There were no dengue fever cases reported among the tourists visiting Cambodia's Angkor complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodian Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said on Monday.
"We have checked it already. There is no dengue fever here," Thong Khon told Xinhua during a press conference held outside the Angkor Wat temple, which is Cambodia's most famous tourist destination.
The dengue fever cases are mostly in the countryside of Cambodia, he said. Cambodia's dengue break this year has not affected tourism in Siem Reap, Thong Khon said, adding that the government is doing everything to fight the disease.
According to the Cambodian Ministry of Health, the 182 death toll from dengue fever in the first six months of this year already surpassed that of the whole year of 2006, namely 158.
The reported cases of human contamination of the fever so far this year have reached some 15,000.
Source: Xinhua
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