Saline to be imported if necessary
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said all saline manufacturing companies in the country have been asked to increase production to meet the current surge in demand caused by the dengue outbreak.
If necessary, the ministry has been instructed to import saline from abroad, Maleque said.
The health minister was inaugurating the foundation stone for construction work of a 1.5km paved road in Dhakuli area of Manikganj Sadar upazila.
Maleque also said doctors and nurses are providing the best possible service in the hospitals.
"To prevent dengue, the institutions concerned have to be more dynamic," he added.
Maleque said the health ministry has instructed the city corporations and municipalities to apply more effective mosquito-killing insecticide. People also need to be aware."
He also said there is no shortage of dengue testing kits.
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