Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) started a special anti-dengue drive in five wards in the city on Sunday. The drive will continue till October 20.
Md Abu Naser, DSCC public relations officer, said the drive is being carried out to destroy the breeding grounds of Aedes mosquitoes, the carrier of the dengue virus, and control the dengue outbreak.
Schedule of the drive:
October 16 in Ward 6, October 17 in Ward 2, October 18 in Ward 3, October 19 in Ward 56 and October 20 in Ward 15
Eighty-nine people died of dengue and 24,326 were affected by the virus till October 15 of this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Doctors and health experts say that 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 larvae of the Aedes mosquito, the vect pare 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.”
