PM urges all to keep their houses clean to prevent dengue, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the country’s people to keep their houses and adjacent areas clean to prevent dengue. She made the call at the regular Cabinet meeting held at the Prime-Minister’s Office (PMO).
PM urges all to keep their houses clean to prevent dengue
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said this while briefing newsmen after the meeting at the Secretariat. Referring to the Premier, said that in the wake of the spreading den-gue Sheikh-Hasina urged all to keep everyone’s house clean, especially to stop the accumulation of water in and outside of their houses.
He said the Aedes mosquito lays its eggs on the walls of water-filled containers and others for its proliferation. The Cabinet Secretary said the city corporations and others concerned, especially civil aviation, have been directed to intensify their anti-mosquito spray through fogging machines every day.
In addition, the city corporations and health ministry have been asked to conduct awareness campaigns about den-gue and Aedes mosquito proliferation in a coordinated way, he added. Mentioning that the country had recorded over one lakh den-gue patients in 2019, Khandker Anwarul Islam said in this year so far the number of den-gue patients reached nearly 30,000 across the country.
Of the total, Dhaka recorded 23,000 den-gue patients, while Chattogram 4,000, Khulna 1,600, and Sylhet 53. Till October 30, 136 people died of den-gue, he added.
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