The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday kick-started a six-day special drive against dengue and other vector-borne diseases.
The drive will be carried out twice a day till March 16, officials said.
Since the morning, nearly 900 workers have been carrying out fogging drives across DNCC wards and checking for any possible sources of stagnant water that could lead to breeding of Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, officials said.
DNCC Chief Health Officer Brigadier General Jobaidur Rahman inspected the drive in the Ibrahimpur canal area.
The DNCC took the initiative as per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, officials said.
Every year, residents of Dhaka complain about mosquito bites, and cases of dengue and malaria.
According to a report of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), so far this year, some 151 people had been admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 148 were discharged after recovering.
No dengue deaths have been reported in 2022.
A total of 105 dengue patients -- 95 in Dhaka division alone, four in Mymensingh, two each in Chittagong and Khulna, and one each in Rajshahi and Barisal divisions -- died in 2021.