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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the country’s people to keep their houses and adjacent areas clean to prevent Dengue which has become worrisome recently.
The premier made the call at the regular Cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the capital on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said this while briefing newsmen after the meeting at the Secretariat, reports BSS.
He said that in the wake of the spreading Dengue Sheikh Hasina urged all to keep everyone’s house clean, especially to stop the accumulation of water in and outside of their houses.
Referring to the prime minister, Anwarul said Aedes mosquito lays its eggs on the walls of water-filled containers and others for its breeding.
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.
The city corporations and health ministry have also 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, Khandker Anwarul Islam said in this year so far the number of dengue patients reached nearly 30,000 across the country.
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