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What is the mosquito-borne disease Sri Lanka is using drones to fight?

Dengue has killed 56 people and infected more than 77,000 in the South Asian nation this year.

Sri Lanka is currently grappling with its most severe dengue outbreak in nearly a decade, a mosquito-borne illness prevalent in tropical regions. To combat the spread, the South Asian nation has deployed military drones to identify

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