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Chile records 135 cases of dengue, all imported

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A worker from the Salvadoran Ministry of Health fumigates a house within the framework of the International Day Against Dengue, in the department of San Salvador, El Salvador, on August 25, 2022. [Xinhua]

Chile has so far registered 135 cases of dengue, all imported, chief of the Health Ministry's Department of Epidemiology Christian Garcia said on Monday.

"There is no dengue contagion within continental Chile and all these cases, which are the result of travel, have been detected thanks to the reinforcement of epidemiological surveillance measures," Garcia said at a press conference.

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