Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday 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) in Dhaka.
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said this while briefing reporters after the meeting at the secretariat.
Referring to the prime minister, Anwarul Islam said that in the wake of the spreading of dengue, 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 dengue and Aedes mosquito proliferation in a coordinated way, he added.
Mentioning that the country had recorded over one lakh dengue patients in 2019, Anwarul Islam said in this year so far the number of dengue patients reached nearly 30,000 across the country.
Of the total, Dhaka recorded 23,000 patients, while Chattogram 4,000, Khulna 1,600 and Sylhet 53.
Till October 30, 136 people died of dengue, he added.
