Vector control campaign launched after spike in dengue
Some 1,303 cases of dengue have been reported this year.
02 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM
The Health Protection Agency has launched a vector control campaign after more than 1,000 cases of mosquito-borne disease were reported across the country.
At a press briefing Monday, the agency said 1,303 cases of dengue have been reported so far this year, including 394 cases from the capital Malé. More than 400 cases of chikungunya have also been reported, the HPA said.
State Minister for Health Mohamed Zuhair said the number of cases has increased significantly compared to the last three years.
“While we have 1,300 cases of dengue reported from January, for the same period last year we had 376 cases of dengue,” he noted, adding that there has also been a spike in the number of chikungunya cases.
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