748 dengue fever cases so far this year

748 confirmed dengue fever cases have been recorded so far which is an increase of 246 from April this year.

Assistant Minister Veena Bhatnagar said 563 dengue fever cases have been recorded in the Northern Division with majority of cases from the outbreak in the Macuata Province.

Bhatnagar said 127 cases are from the Central Division and 58 cases from the West.

She said in the past month, the national average was 19 confirmed cases per week where 12 to 25 cases were recorded in the North, while the Central Division recorded 3 to 11 cases.

Bhatnagar said cleanup campaigns to destroy mosquito breeding grounds have been ongoing from 2014 and have been intensified this year in Macuata and other affected areas.

She said the public is reminded to take all precautionary measures and destroy all possible mosquito breeding grounds.