21 dengue cases in Melaka last week

MELAKA: The Melaka Health Department has issued, as of July 1, a total of 93 notices under Section 8 of the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act to owners of premises where mosquito-breeding sites were found.

State health, human resources and unity committee chairman Ngwe Hee Sem said the owners were given seven days from the date of the notice to clear their premises of situations that could continue to propagate or harbour disease-bearing insects.