DSCC mobile courts from Sunday to fight dengue

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will operate mobile courts from Sunday in a bid to keep the dengue situation under control by destroying Aedes mosquitoes as the capital grapples with the dengue menace.

Md Mizanur Rahman, chief executive officer of DSCC, directed its officials concerned on various issues and told them to start operating mobile courts at the field level from next Sunday.

He made the disclosure at a meeting at Nagar Bhaban on Thursday afternoon.

He said that it is a proven method to destroy the breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes to control the dengue outbreak.

Besides, public awareness is also very important to destroy the breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes.

"We hope that through this initiative we will be able to control the dengue disease in the area under the Dhaka South City Corporation," he added.

DSCC Chief Property Officer Russell Sabrin, Acting Chief health Officer Dr. Fazle Shamsul Kabir, among others, were present at the meeting.

This comes as one more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 29 this year.

During the period, 285 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the new patients, 237 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, DGHS said.

Nine hundred and thirty seven patients, including 766 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.

So far, the DGHS has recorded 4,087 dengue cases and 3,121 recoveries this year.

The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.