National plan needed to combat dengue

Necessary measures: Local authority health officers check potential mosquito breeding grounds as part of dengue prevention operations. Controlling the mosquito population is crucial in preventing dengue outbreaks, but Malaysia still needs a national plan.

I AM compelled to respond to the report “Multiple measures employed to keep mosquitoes away” (The Star, March 11; online at https://bit.ly/40d3t0m).

The article quoted Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming saying: “The local government ministry’s guideline is to complement the Health Ministry’s effort in dengue control, whereby our main focus is to control mosquitoes, especially the Aedes breeding grounds, by keeping areas clean.”