A Sri Lankan public health official,left, points out Mosquito lava in a bottle during a Dengue fever irradiation work in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Sri Lanka is suffering its worst dengue outbreak with more than 200 people killed and 76,000 infected this year. Alarmed by the scale of disease, the island nation has deployed hundreds of soldiers and police officers to clear away rotting garbage, stagnant water pools and other potential mosquito-breeding grounds. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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