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Dengue situation not alarming: DSCC Mayor
DHAKA, Sept 3, 2018 (BSS) – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor
Sayeed Khokon today said although the number of people suffering from dengue
fever has increased a little bit in the city compared to the previous years,
the situation is still under control.
“Even it is not such a situation to be panicked over the recent dengue
outbreak,” he said while addressing the inaugural session of a two-week crash
programme taken to eradicate Aedes mosquito larvae to control dengue outbreak
in the capital.
The mayor inaugurated the programme in the city’s Easkaton Garden area by
spraying fume from a fogger machine at an under-construction Navy
information-centre building.
The crash programme will simultaneously continue at 57 wards across the
city, he said, adding that the representatives of the city corporation would
go from house to house and destroy Aedes mosquito larvae and clear up their
breeding grounds.
Khokan said they also will make the city dwellers aware of the dangers of
Aedes mosquito breeding and its outbreak.
He urged the Dhaka North City Corporation to launch a similar programme
to eradicate dengue, saying mosquito has no specific abode as they migrate
from one place to another.
Seeking cooperation from all to address dengue, the DSCC mayor said a
dengue-free city would be presented to its city dwellers soon with the
combined efforts.
He distributed leaflets among shopkeepers and students in the area to
create awareness about the adverse impacts of dengue. Representatives from
Red Crescent Society took part in the programme.
DSCC Chief Health Officer Brig Gen Dr Sheikh Salahuddin and Councilors
Kamruzzaman Kamal and Hasibur Rahman Manik were, among others, present on the
occasion.
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