Lethem: Over the Weekend President Donald Ramotar visited Lethem Hospital and distributes a large quantity of treated nets to doctors and residents of the Rupununi area.
The bed nets which arrived in a stock of about 900 are part of the ongoing intervention to combat the malaria virus carried by the anopheles mosquito.
In his address at the 20th anniversary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in government on October 9, President Ramotar said malaria was quarantined and successfully reduced to more than 90% today.
“It has been found that these nets have been making a big impact in the fight against malaria… the intention is to have complete elimination of malaria and we are working constantly towards that,” President Ramotar said minutes before the handing over of the nets.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry’s Vector Control Services Unit, is carrying out fogging exercises to reduce the mosquito population in the densely populated areas.
The exercise is accompanied by an awareness message for residents tocover water storage containers and to be aware of their surroundings particularly areas where mosquitoes breed.
The Vector Control Services Unit is collaborating with the City Council to execute this exercise.
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