Take measures to prevent further outbreak of dengue
Dengue fever has taken the form of an epidemic: every day, more people are getting infected, and hospitals are filled to the brim. The situation looks quite grim, to say the least. Last Thursday, while inaugurating the Anti-Mosquito and Cleanliness Week, the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation warned that exaggerated figures and numbers are being reported. By contrast, the High Court on July 17 said that the outbreak is nothing short of an epidemic. Differing viewpoints about numbers and the scale of the issue do not help the situation, however. The fact is the dengue problem has reached an alarming stage, and it has been neglected for a while with the officials failing to procure the right insecticides.
The good news is that the city corporation is working to distribute free aerosol sprays among city schools. These measures must be stepped up to prevent the breeding of Aedes mosquito. The World Health Organization (WHO), which recently called the situation in Bangladesh “alarming,” has recommended measures such as environmental management, street cleansing, solid waste management, mosquito-proofing of water-storage containers. All citizens must take these measures seriously and start playing their parts in combating further spread of this lethal mosquito-borne disease.
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