DHAKA, Oct 1, 2018 (BSS) – A total of 6,158 dengue patients have been
admitted in different hospitals across the country, according to Public
Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room.
“So far, we received information about more than 6,158 dengue cases from
different hospitals, where most of them are from the capital and of them 16
people died,” Dr Ayesha of Public Health Emergency Operation Centre and
Control Room told BSS.
“Although the number of people suffering from dengue has increased a
little bit in the city this time compared to the previous, the situation is
still under control and people should not be panicked,” Director General of
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Abul Kalam Azad said.
Dr Azad emphasized to put combined effort to check the situation in the
country, especially in the city saying, “We have taken necessary measures to
combat the Aedes mosquitoes.”
Stressing on keeping the homesteads and adjacent areas clean and dry, he
said, such mosquitoes breed in stagnant, standing water often found around
the homes.
They breed in cans, buckets, discarded tires and other sorts of containers
holding stagnant water. We have to keep our place clean of such things, he
said.
Director of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Prof Dr
Meerjady Sabrina Flora said they have asked all the hospitals across the
country to send daily reports on dengue and make the people aware about the
causes, symptoms and ways to prevent such diseases.
IEDCR, along with diseases control unit of DGHS, Bureau of Health Education
and Health Ministry are observing the situation closely and they have taken
different steps, said the IEDCR chief.
“We have updated our website with the information and educative items about
these. People will be able to learn about the treatment process of dengue
from our website,” she added.
IEDCR also requested Dhaka city corporations to intensify their mosquito
control operation and run awareness campaigns against mosquito to keep clean
the city.
Meanwhile, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon said
although the number of people suffering from dengue fever has gone up a
little bit in the city compared to the previous years, the situation is still
under control.
He urged the city dwellers not to be panicked over the recent dengue
outbreak as he recently inaugurated a two-week crash programme taken to
eradicate Aedes mosquito larvae to control dengue outbreak in the capital.
“The crash programme will simultaneously continue at 57 wards across the
city,” he said, adding that the representatives of the city corporation would
go from house to house and destroy Aedes mosquito larvae and clear up their
breeding grounds.
Khokan said they will also make the city dwellers aware of the dangers of
Aedes mosquito breeding and its outbreak. He distributed leaflets among
shopkeepers and students in the areas to create awareness about the adverse
impacts of dengue.