A serious outbreak of dengue fever has taken hold in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
More than 100 people, many of them children, are known to have died in the past two weeks.
The disease often takes off in monsoon season, but poor sanitation and healthcare are compounding it.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent Elizabeth Puranam reports from Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.
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More than 100 people, many of them children, are known to have died in the past two weeks.
The disease often takes off in monsoon season, but poor sanitation and healthcare are compounding it.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent Elizabeth Puranam reports from Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh.
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