RAWALPINDI: The district administration on Saturday asked the District Health Authority to expedite efforts to eliminate dengue larvae in all 23 high-risk union councils.
An important meeting of the District Emergency Response Committee (DERC) for dengue control was held at the DeputyCommissioner’s offices under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Abdul Rehman Khan.
The meeting was attended by officials from the health department, local government institutions, education, livestock, agriculture, environment, Rescue 1122 and other relevant departments, and a detailed review of the ongoing measures to combatdengue across the district was taken.
During the meeting, a detailed briefing was given on the current situation of dengue, identification of hotspots, indoor and outdoor surveillance, larval destruction campaign, sanitation arrangements and public awareness activities.
The ADC directed that all departments should make the anti-dengue campaign more active throughmutual communication and effective coordination, and no negligence in field activities would be tolerated.
He ordered the concerned officials to regularly monitor cemeteries, junkyards, construction sites, tyre shops, nurseries, government and private buildings and other sensitive places so that the possibilities of dengue mosquito breeding can be completely eliminated.