Dengue outbreak
Father feared the worst when his two sons fell ill
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Timothy Goh
When Mr Joakim Smidhagen heard the news last month that his neighbour, who had dengue a few years ago, got it again, he sent him get-well wishes.
He did not think much of it - and it certainly did not cross his mind that his own two sons and the family helper would get infected soon afterwards. This, despite his home - a landed property in the Newton area - being in the vicinity of several dengue clusters in the past.