Dengue fever may intensify as WHO-certified insecticides yet to arrive

The dengue fever may spread more intensely in coming few days, as World Health Organisation (WHO) pre-qualified insecticides would take another 10-15 days to reach Pakistan. Well-placed sources told Business Recorder on Tuesday that once the dengue fever virus is entered in a country, it can not be controlled completely.
The only way to avoid the excessive breeding of mosquito ((aedes Egypti) causing dengue is through community mobilisation, regular use of mosquito net and cleanliness, they added. In the domestic market, he said, most of the insecticides are being sold in the name of WHO. "In market nowadays, there is not even a single WHO-certified insecticide available but the manufacturing companies are selling these in the name of the organisation which can lead to the skin infections," they revealed.
In the neighbouring countries, they said, the dengue virus still exists even after continuous spray of insecticides. For example in India and Sri Lanka, they said, the dengue virus is still active but not so intense like Pakistan but it could not be eradicated completely in these countries as well and same is the case in Thailand.
They said dengue is just a fear...it is curable in most cases at first stage, the patient should take liquids like milk, juices in excessive amount with panadol tablet after every six hours. The sources added that the literacy rate in Pakistan is low that might become one of the reasons behind spread of dengue virus in backward areas of the country. It is usually seen in rural parts of the country that the dung is left inside the house or water is kept in open pots, or owing to poor drainage system water remains very close to the houses. "The breeding of mosquitoes that cause dengue infection take place in clean water mostly in houses," they added.