KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak has instructed the Health Ministry to take preventive measures to protect the people from dengue fever and the Zika virus.
He also wanted all parties, including government agencies, non-governmental organisations and the people in general, to join hands in combating the Aedes mosquito which is the agent of infection for both diseases.
“I am aware of the dengue situation in several areas in the country and also the public concerns regarding the alarming spread of the Zika virus in many areas in America,” he said on his blog NajibRazak.com.
Najib said more rigorous monitoring activities were needed as the country’s hot weather was very conducive for the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes.
“We need to prevent and destroy the source or vector of both diseases, that is Aedes mosquitoes. Do not give them any room to breed,” he said.
Following the spread of the Zika virus, the World Health Organisation had declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
– BERNAMA
Source from FMT NEWS
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