The rapid spread of dengue in Gaaf Alif Villigili last week that resulted in one death and 129 islanders struck with fever has been brought under control, according to the island hospital.
MNBC One reports that the ‘Villigili Dengue Task Force’ conducted a door-to-door awareness raising programme together with programmes to clean the island and spray fog to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds after three people were admitted to hospital on Saturday with dengue fever.
No new cases have been reported to the hospital in the past three days. Four people – three expatriates and a four year-old girl – are being treated at the hospital for dengue.
Nationwide some 1,900 cases of dengue have been recorded so far this year with 11 deaths compared to a total of 10 in 2006 out of 2,788 recorded cases.
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