NEA considering publishing a weekly listing of cluster sites found breeding mosquitoes
Reply from NEA 6 Oct 2005:===========================================================
Dear Sir
Please refer to your email dated 29 September 05 to Feedback Unit.
2. We will take your suggestion into consideration.
3. We thank you for your feedback in our effort to fight against dengue.
Best Regards.
Sri Hernani Mohamed Affandi
Environmental Health Executive
Environmental Health Department
The National Environment Agency
DID +65 67319427
Fax +65 67319749
===========================================================
Our Environment -- We CareThis message may contain confidential information under the purview of the Official Secrets Act. Unauthorized communication or disclosure of such information is an offence under the Official Secrets Act. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender and delete it. Do not retain it or disclose the contents to any person as it may be an offence under the Official Secrets Act. Find out more about how we can work together to help Singapore keep a clean and healthy environment at http://www.nea.gov.sg
Jeff Ho
29/09/2005 10:07
To: MCYS Feedback Unit/MCYS/SINGOV@SINGOV
cc: NEA dengue/NEA/SINGOV@SINGOV, "Letters@ Today"
Subject: Can NEA publish a weekly listing of cluster sites found breeding mosquitoes?
In an article in Today (29 Sept 2005 - see below), it was reported that of the 220 mosquito-breeding habitats found over the weekend, some 70% were found in public areas (like scupper drains, discarded recepticles in the open, etc.)
Over the last two weekends when intensive combing for mosquito-breeding sites was done, a total of 329 breeding sites were found. What is more worrying is that some 4,139 potential breeding sites have been found during the these two weekends (Straits Times, 29 Sept - "Shop assistant dies from dengue; third victim this month").
While the decision by the NEA to publish the weekly "Location of Active Clusters" is a step in the right direction, what is equally useful is to include another weekly listing of cluster sites found breeding mosquitoes.
Hopefully, with this new listing, residents will be more vigilant to ensure their areas are regularly maintained. Besides, it can act as a deterrent as I'm sure both residents and town councils will not want their areas to be listed too frequently?
Jeff Ho
posted by Dengue Alert In Singapore @ 10:17 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home