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City has lions share of malaria, state says crack whip [1]

Mumbai Mumbai accounts for nearly half the malaria cases in the state since April this year, and eight of the 11 deaths the disease has caused. The government will direct the BMC to book and penalise those flouting norms.

Mumbai has the largest number of malaria deaths in the country, Public Health Minister Suresh Shetty said in the Assembly on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
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Health [3], Malaria [4], Vector Borne Diseases [5], Maharashtra [6], Mumbai [7], Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
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