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KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) health officers has been on an anti-aedes mosquito blitz over the past few months but the dengue outbreak at Desa Lembah Permai flats in Ampang has still not been beaten.
Residents here are still getting the fever 111 days after the outbreak was first noticed, reported The Star.
There have been 72 reported dengue cases at the flats with no fatalities.
“We still find mosquito larvae during our checks. The residents do not seem to care that their area has been a hot spot since last year,” MPAJ environmental health senior assistant officer Rosmiza Che Harun told the daily.
It has also been reported that MPAJ has deployed Ecosystem teams to combat the disease.
This involves an “on-the-ground method” with teams of officers stationed in specific constituencies.
“The officers need to be familiar and knowledgeable of their respective ecosystem and identify problematic localities.
“They are trained to identify localities at risk by spotting conditions such as open land, abandoned houses, blocked drainage, common public areas as well as construction sites and stores,” Rosmiza explained.
But even this new approach “has had little effect”, reported the daily.
“We cannot do it alone. Many of the residents do not want us to go into their houses to inspect for potential breeding sites. So, most of the time we can only check the compound (outside).
“But we also hand out flyers and advise them to carry out search-and-destroy activities in their homes,” she added.
