Muscat: Dr. Ahmed Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health, on Wednesday, said dengue cases are on the rise in Sultanate.
As of Tuesday, the number of registered cases of dengue fever reached 17 in the Wilayat of Bausher, 7 in the Wilayat of Seeb, and two in the Wilayat of Amerat.
He was addressing the media during the 29th Supreme Committee press conference.
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 Seeb wilayat and Al Ghubra, Al Ansab in Bausher wilayat daily between 6 and 11 am.
As the special campaign will be in addition to the measures already taken in several governorates, residents and citizens have been urged to extend their hand of cooperation.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs, Dr. Mohammed al Hosani, has confirmed the registration of 7 cases of dengue fever in the Wilayat of Bawshar in the Governorate of Muscat.
He said, “This is not the first time that dengue fever cases have been recorded in the Sultanate of Oman, as cases were recorded in 2019 and 2020 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.”
