SINGAPORE : There were 9,459 cases of dengue fever in Singapore
last year - the highest number recorded in a year.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Koo Tsai Kee said the situation was
worrying.
The "Mozzie Attack" programme will be rolled out to all
constituencies by June this year to help spread the message of
prevention.
Mr Koo said the National Environment Agency had stepped up its
efforts to search and destroy mosquito breeding in homes and public
areas.
It is working with managing agents of condominiums and town
councils to prevent mosquito breeding.
There has been some success in public areas, with only 5 percent of
schools found with breeding sites - down from 25 percent before
1999.
But the rising trend of mosquito breeding in homes accounted for 60
percent of all breeding sites found.
So the NEA will continue to work with CDCs and grassroots
organisations to include dengue control initiatives in their work
plans. - CNA