Dhaka South City Corporation DSCC to conduct a special anti-dengue drive in its wards from Sunday to Thursday.
The 5-day drive aims to kill breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes, the carrier of the dengue virus, and control the dengue outbreak, Md Abu Naser, DSCC public relations authority, said.
These special drives will take place on Sunday, 16 October, in ward 6, on Monday in ward 2, on Tuesday in Ward 3, on Wednesday in Ward 56 and on Thursday in Ward 15, he added.
89 people died of dengue and 24,326 were affected by the virus till Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Doctors and health experts say measures taken by the city corporations and other authorities are not proving to be effective. The publicity and drives carried out by the authorities to destroy the larvae of Aedes mosquitos are appearing to be inadequate.
Public health expert Dr. Mohammad Abdus Sabur Khan said although dengue intensity usually decreases in September, this time the situation has reversed. “It’s October now, but dengue is showing no sign of retreating. It seems like dengue will prevail till mid-November this time.”
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