Chattogram City Corporation has initiated a month-long mosquito control 'crash program' across eight high-risk wards to combat the ongoing dengue outbreak. Authorities report that the intervention has successfully kept cases between 550-580 this year with zero deaths, compared to over 800 cases and eight fatalities during the same period last year.
Disease
dengue
Confirmed cases
580
Confirmed deaths
0
Notes
The program targets 8 high-risk wards in the city for intensive mosquito larvae destruction and breeding ground elimination.