COMMUNITY campaigns, house-to-house inspections and warnings will be intensified to reduce dengue cases in Klang, Selangor, which stood at 8,202 including three deaths in 2024.
Klang mayor Datuk Abd Hamid Hussain said the constituencies of Sentosa, Kota Kemuning, Sementa and Meru recorded more than 1,000 cases each.“We cannot allow this to be an annual trend.
“Our Health Department will have to work with Klang District Health Department (PKD) and all stakeholders in the constituencies to prevent this,” he said.
Sentosa recorded 1,248 cumulative cases for the year while Kota Kemuning had 1,230, Sementa (1,164), Meru (1,145), Port Klang (870), Bandar Baru Klang (707), Sungai Kandis (602), Selat Klang (601), Pandamaran (559), Kota Anggerik (41) and Batu Tiga (35).
Abd Hamid said Klang recorded 9,164 dengue cases with three deaths in 2023.
Klang Royal City Council (MBDK) Health Department director Azmi Muji said elimination at source remained the main focus of the city council’s control strategies, with the approach being preventive rather than reactive.
“Our health inspectors have begun to inform construction sites, schools, management bodies of apartments and condominiums to do regular mosquito control,” he said.
Abd Hamid wants to prevent high dengue numbers in Klang.
Azmi disclosed that Klang PKD would increase the use of ovitraps that trapped and drowned adult mosquitoes.
About 1,900 ovitraps, he said, had been placed in dengue-prone areas in Sentosa, Bandar Baru Klang and Port Klang.
“Our approach is to work with the people to monitor residential areas, and have readings of the number of eggs laid, larvae counts and species breeding recorded.”
He added that MBDK would be working closely with Klang PKD to have an optimal layout distribution of ovitraps in residential areas including high-rise buildings.
Azmi reminded people to spend 10 minutes a week checking their homes for mosquito breeding sites.
