MUSCAT: The Ministry of Health will launch an intensive joint campaign with Muscat Municipality to combat the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
The campaign, which will continue for several days, will cover Al Hail South in the Wilayat of Seeb and Al Ghubra and Al Ansab in the Wilayat of Bausher daily between 6 and 11 am.
The special campaign will be in addition to the measures already taken in several governorates, residents and citizens have been urged to extend the hand of cooperation.
The Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs, Dr Mohammed bin Said al Hosani, has confirmed the registration of seven cases of dengue fever in the Wilayat of Bausher in the Governorate of Muscat.
He said, "This is not the first time that dengue fever cases have been recorded in the country. In 2019 and 2020, cases were recorded in the governorates of Muscat and Dhofar.
"The disease is not transmitted from one person to another directly, it is transmitted to humans through the bite of a mosquito known as Aedes aegypti. Muscat Municipality has been monitoring the mosquito breeding places, places with stagnant water around houses. The mosquito control methods implemented by the work teams include preventing leaks from sewage openings."
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