Staff Reporter :
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative Ministry Affairs Adviser A. F. Hassan Ariff on Tuesday asked the concerned authorities for sharp action to contain the dengue outbreak.
The Adviser said dengue outbreaks would be reduced if people become aware of the mosquito-borne disease from the very beginning of the dengue season.
“The outbreaks are on the rise, we become impatient. But, if steps are taken from the very beginning of the dengue season, outbreaks of the seasonal disease will be reduced to a great extent,” the Adviser while talking to journalists after inspecting larviciding and cleaning activities at Nawab Sirajuddaula Park and Ahmed Bawani Academy School and College in the Nayabazar area of Old Dhaka.
Meanwhile, three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 136 this year.
The Adviser said the rate of deaths from dengue is low.
He said, “But there is nothing to be satisfied with it. We need to pay more attention to check outbreaks of dengue. Two things should be done to prevent dengue infection. One is to keep the surroundings clean and spray insecticide on the larva ground while another is to make people aware of the menace and its prevention.”
Ten teams, formed to combat the dengue situation, have already started working, he said, adding, “They are keeping rigid vigilance to prevent dengue infection”.
Dhaka South City Corporation chief executive officer Md Mizanur Rahman and Local Government Division additional secretary AHM Kamruzzaman, among others, were present.
Meanwhile, three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours.
During the period, 801 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of them, 115 dengue patients were admitted in hospital under Dhaka North City Corporation while 153 were hospitalized in Dhaka South City Corporation.
Some 2,855 patients are receiving treatment in different hospitals across the country.