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Dengue, too, raises its ugly head; residents asked to keep vector-borne diseases at bayResidents asked to keep vector-borne diseases at bayTribune News ServiceBathinda, August 18As many as 32 new cases of malaria and one case of dengue have been reported from the district. Besides, a sizeable number of suspected cases of dengue and malaria were also reported from the district. A majority of the malaria cases have been reported from Goniana and Chak Atar Singhwala village. Dr Umesh Gupta, District Programme Officer, National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme, said, “After malaria cases were reported from different areas across the district, our teams conducted investigations and surveys. The flight range of mosquito causing dengue is up to 400 m whereas that of mosquito spreading malaria is up to 4 km..