Dengue attacks nearly 100 in Makassar

Dengue attacks nearly 100 in Makassar

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Makassar mayor H.B. Amiruddin Maula
instructed on Thursday the local health office to take immediate
measures to control the spread of dengue fever across the city.

Speaking while visiting the people infected by the disease, he
said that the office should cooperate with village and
subdistrict heads to caution the community over the outbreak of
the disease.

The virus which is carried by day-biting mosquitoes known
biologically as the Aedes aegepty has infected at least 91 people
this month, claiming one life. Most of the victims are residents
of Biringkanaya subdistrict.

Amiruddin said that the provision of anti-dengue spraying at
residential areas and cleaning up water containers would prevent
the mosquitoes from multiplying. --Antara