Shah Alam Nur :
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon organise ‘road show’ in capital Dhaka involving the two city corporations to make people aware about dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection. “We are trying to raise awareness through road show among the dwellers about dengue that can be fatal at times. We are also going to make advertisement about disease in both print and electronic media,” Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mohammad Nasim told The New Nation on Monday.
He said, “We have enough stock of necessary medicines and also have trained doctors and nurses for the recovery of the dengue patients.”
Sources said, cases of dengue, are increasing in the capital and across the country in the on-going monsoon season.
Nasim, however, advised people not to be panicked saying the government has taken necessary initiatives to control all possible dengue outbreak. Initiatives have also been taken to make people aware about the symptoms of the disease as well as how keep them away from the disease.
More than 1,400 people have been infected by dengue this year against 375 last year, sources said.
According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 727 dengue cases were reported in the capital and elsewhere last month. The number was 558 in the first 20 days of this month.
