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Florida declares emergency in three counties over dengue outbreak

Three Florida counties have declared a state of emergency due to a dengue outbreak, with Hillsborough County issuing a local emergency on 24 September after 134 cases were confirmed.

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  1. Hillsborough County, Florida, declared a local emergency on 24 September after health authorities recorded 134 confirmed dengue cases.

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    The Guardian – World
    “Hillsborough county, Florida, officials made the declaration on 24 September as health authorities recorded 134 confirmed cases of dengue fever”

    CDC says 392 cases of Dengue were reported for the year so far in the state, along with different county-level data Several Florida counties recently declared a state of local emergency in response to a spate of dengue fever infections. Hillsborough county, Florida, officials made the declaration on 24 September as health authorities recorded 134 confirmed cases of dengue fever, which is a mosquito-borne sickness typically found in countries outside the US. Officials said that the spread of the…

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  2. Three counties in Florida declared a state of emergency because of a dengue outbreak.

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    SAPO Notícias
    “Três condados da Florida declararam estado de emergência devido a um surto de dengue, com mais de 390 casos reportados este ano, segundo o CDC.”

    Machine translation: Three Florida counties declared a state of emergency due to a dengue outbreak, with more than 390 cases reported this year, according to the CDC.

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    “Dengue: Três condados da Florida declaram estado de emergência por surto”
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