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Dengue fever on the rise in Oman

The Minister of Health has revealed the numbers during a press conference held by the Supreme Committee members

TAS News Service

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

MUSCAT: The number of registered cases of dengue fever, on Tuesday, has reached 17 cases in the Wilayat of Bausher, 7 in the Wilayat of Seeb, and two in the Wilayat of Amerat.

Oman’s Minister of Health said, “We should not create an appropriate environment for Aedes aegypti mosquito to spread. I appeal to citizens and residents to get rid of the water-collecting places in their homes.”

The Minister of Health has revealed the numbers during a press conference held by the Supreme Committee members on Wednesday, March 30.

The members addressing the media include HE Dr. Ahmed Al Saidi, Minister of Health, Member of the Supreme Committee on Covid 19; Dr. Adel Said Al Wahaibi, Director of Epidemiological Surveilliance Department at the Ministry of Health and Badar bin Saif Al Rawahi,Director of Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health.

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