A total of 10 teams under the Local Government Division (LGD) are working to control the spread of dengue as both infection and fatality rates have increased sharply during the current month, reports BSS.
The coordination and monitoring teams were formed on September 23 at an emergency meeting of the LGD on combating the spread of dengue across the country including Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas.
Of the ten teams, four are working in DSCC areas while three in DNCC and one each in Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram City Corporation areas. Besides, a separate team was formed for working in the high-risk areas and municipalities, including Savar, Dohar, Tarabo and Rupganj.
Each of the teams has seven members while officials of the LGD with ranks of additional secretary and joint secretary were made heads of the teams.
In coordination with the chief executive officer of the concerned city corporation and municipality, each team is visiting at least three dengue prevalence areas and monitoring the dengue prevention activities every day.
Apart from submitting detailed reports on the measures and operations taken to combat the outbreak of dengue to the data collection committee of the LGD, the teams are implementing different activities like raising public awareness, eliminating mosquito breeding sites, conducting cleanliness drives and eliminating larvae and mosquitoes to protect citizens from dengue infection.
Besides, in order to implement the mosquito eradication campaigns, 3,214 mosquito control workers are working in all city corporations and high-risk municipalities under the LGD.
This year's death toll from the mosquito-borne disease dengue surged past 200 on Friday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.
Two more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the disease in Bangladesh to 201 this year.
During the period, 490 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, said DGHS.
Of them, 121 dengue patients were admitted in hospital under Dhaka North City Corporation while 104 were hospitalized in Dhaka South City Corporation.
Some 3,522 patients are receiving treatment in different hospitals across the country.
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