Dr
Thomas Vinit Post Courier 29 June 2015
Dengue fever is
a vey serious arboviral disease that can lead to severe haemmorhagia fever and
possible death.
I do not know if
the NDoH or NCDC have informed the public, but we have some confirmed cases in
Port Moresby and are managing them.
This disease is
spread like malaria by mosquitoes but by different species which are common
brown mosquitoes that bite us.
I urge all citizens to clean
your areas and remove all tins and coconut shells that hold water. We do not
want to breed more of these pests.
Cut tall grass and bushy dark areas where they breed near your house. Do
this to prevent contracting dengue. Make our city clean to show our Pacific
neighbours coming to the games.
Arboviral (short
for arthropod born) diseases are caused by arboviruses tht are spread to people
by a bite from an infected arthropod including mosquitoes and ticks.
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