Stepping up efforts to stop dengue

Vidyananthan (third from left) with Hasni (right) at the Johor Perangi Denggi campaign launch in Pasir Gudang, Johor Baru. — NUR AISYAH MAZALAN/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Johor has recorded a total of 28 dengue-related deaths from January until Aug 15 this year, compared to 21 recorded deaths caused by the Covid-19 virus.

Johor health and environment committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said the state had recorded a total of 7,409 dengue cases during the same period, which is the third highest number of cases in the country.