Muscat: Ministry of Health announced that a case of dengue has been recorded in the Sultanate, with the species of mosquito that carries the disease, aedes aegypti, being found in Seeb.
It added that the case was not travel related but with possibility of a local transmission.
MOH in a statement said it had carried out a field-survey in coordination with Muscat Municipality to detect aedes aegypti mosquitoes after a case of locally-transmitted dengue fever was recorded.
“It was proved that the mosquitoes were present in the Wilayat of Seeb in Muscat Governorate,” the statement read, adding, “This field investigation was carried out because of the detection of a case of dengue fever, which was not travel related, and possibility of local transmission,” the statement said.
According to the ministry’s statement, the aedes aegypti mosquito transmits dengue, yellow fever, the Zika virus, and other viral diseases.
Citizens and residents have been requested to cooperate with the field team in the efforts to control the mosquito population by eliminating the mosquito breeding sites, and thus prevent the spread of such diseases.
The Ministry called upon all citizens and residents to not pay attention to rumours and to seek information from reliable sources.
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