Health Update: Tropical warning
ANYONE travelling to the tropics to escape our winter should remember to take anti-malarial tablets and insect repellents, wear long trousers and sleeves after sunset, and sleep under a net impregnated with insecticide, warns the National Pharmaceutical Association. Malaria is potentially fatal: if you develop flu-like symptoms anything up to a year after a tropical holiday, see a doctor immediately.
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