Dengue cases hit four-year high

As dengue cases hit a four-year high last week, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan sounded an alarm yesterday as he warned of a high possibility of "a rapid spread of dengue, if we do not act immediately to contain the situation".

Last week, 227 people were hit with dengue - the third consecutive week that the number of cases had gone beyond epidemic levels.

NEA officers will visit "more than 100,000 homes over the next four months in their bid to search and destroy all mosquito breeding sites," Dr Balakrishnan said.

"Consequently, the home is the commonest site where infections occur and spread from person to person easily. Because more mosquito breeding sites are being found in homes, it is in everyone's interests that the NEA steps up their visits to homes in a bid to ensure the safety of our families and our neighbours."

"Everyone must be on high alert and everyone has a part to play in our fight against dengue, to keep our families, our neighbours and our friends safe from infection."

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