MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) will give top priority to curb the dengue outbreak with the focus on two residential areas that had been hard hit by the deadly disease.
Its mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang said the MCC Dengue Outbreak Group was formed on Aug 16 to tackle the problems and among the actio ns that had been taken were drain flushing as well as actions against illegal extensions at Taman Tunku, one of the two areas where the dengue outbreak had been detected besides Tudan.
“The Gotong Royong Perdana campaign, together with the Medical Department and other government departments and Non-Govermental Organisations (NGOs) to clean up Taman Tunku was done on Sept 7 while the drain flushing operation at Taman Tunku is ongoing,” he said yesterday.
He added that the council would also carry out a ‘Gotong Royong Perdana’ campaign in Tudan and to give priority to combat the problem by allocating more resources to the affected areas.
“MCC would like to advise all Miri residents to be on alert and take precautionary actions against dengue outbreak in Miri, particularly at Taman Tunku and Tudan areas.”
On Monday, Sarawak Health Department director Dr Jamilah Hashim revealed that a 68-year-old man from Taman Tunku in Miri, died of dengue on Sept 22, making his death the first in the area.
She said that he was diagnosed with dengue fever on Sept 19 and his cause of death was stated as ‘Severe Dengue With Multiorgan Failure’.
She added that his death was the first in Miri since the area, Jalan Kuching East 3 in TamanTunku, was declared a dengue-prone area on July 25. – Bernama
