Cai Be district implements a campaign to destroy the larvae in the third phase

ABO – On September 14, representatives of the Tien Giang Department of Health and the Provincial Disease Control Center worked with Cai Be District Medical Center to inspect the preparation of the campaign to destroy the larvae in the third phase  as well as the plan of spraying chemicals to suppress in the key communes.

At the working session. Photo: THANH HOANG

According to a report, up to August 28, Cai Be district had the highest number of dengue fever cases in the province with 517 cases of dengue fever, an increase of 145% over the same period in 2018. The disease occurred in 25/25 communes, particularly, Cai Be town alone had the highest number of 51 cases.
Accordingly, on September 15, Cai Be district implemented the third phase of larvae-environmental sanitation campaign in the whole district, focusing on communes and towns with high number of dengue fever cases.

In addition to organizing the campaign, meeting, propaganda, the district will organize to households to directly propagate, checking water containers, killing larvae and collecting stagnant water, etc ...
Subsequently, the district Steering Committee and the family dealt with the larvae by removing water, releasing fish, capping, removing kitchen salt and removing wastes that could contain water in and around the house, etc…

Through inspection, the representative of the health sector highly appreciated the preparation of the implementation plan of the district in this phase of mosquito larvae extermination. At the same time, the leadership of the Cai Be District Health Center has a specific plan to ensure that the human resources have strong expertise in treating dengue fever and ensure the number of drugs to serve the treatment needs.

By THANH HOANG – Translated by HUU TAM