Clementi West St 2 sees largest dengue cluster so far this year
By Lian Cheong and Lynda Hong | Posted: 09 June 2010 2139 hrs

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SINGAPORE : Singapore's largest dengue cluster so far this year has been identified at Clementi West Street 2.

There are a total of 20 cases from six blocks there - blocks 708, 709, 711, 712, 728 and 729.

For the past three weeks, 64 officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA) have been conducting search and destroy operations in the area.

And 28 households were given summons for breeding mosquitoes.

So far, more than 1,400 larvae were found in 47 breeding habitats. 60 per cent of the habitats were found in homes.

NEA warned the public against littering, which it said can result in potential breeding sites for the Aedes mosquitoes.

It is the traditional high dengue season now, and NEA wants to remind the public to remove stagnant water in and around their premises, so as to prevent dengue transmission. - CNA /ls