Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is expected to be free from the dengue menace within the first week of September, DSCC Mayor Syeed Khokon has said.
The Mayor said: “The dengue situation is getting complicated as the number of infected people is on the rise. Now, there has been a situation to be worried about. Still, there’s a light of hope.”
Syeed Khokon made the observation while talking to reporters after attending an inter-ministerial meeting with Health Minister Zahid Maleque at the Secretariat.
“DSCC has managed to free its 11 wards from dengue and it’ll be fully free from dengue within the first week of September,” he expressed.
According to government statistics, the number of dengue patients continued to rise as a total of 1,477 more people infected with the mosquito-borne fever were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday.