THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) needs the full cooperation of the USJ 11 residents to curb the spread of dengue fever.
The residential area, comprising USJ 11/1, 11/2, 11/3 and 11/4, has the highest number of dengue cases in municipality this year.
Up to the 15th week of 2010, 56 out of the 67 reported cases tested positive.
“Thirty-four aedes larvae were found inside the house compounds and 13 in the common area,” MPSJ assistant public relations director Azfarizal Abdul Rashid said.
To prevent the situation from worsening, the MPSJ health department is working hand-in-hand with the Petaling District Health Office and other MPSJ departments to launch a three-day operation at USJ 11 which ends today.
A total of 95 employees from the departments will be conducting house-to-house checks, fogging (to kill the mosquitoes) and larviciding (spraying insecticide to kill the larvae).
However, they faced resistance from the some people who did not allow them to enter the houses.
Some house owners were also not at home during the day.
“We only managed to check six out of the 40 houses in Jalan USJ11/1 on Thursday morning.
“We will return at night from 8pm to 10pm, and carry out fogging on Saturday,” Azfarizal said.
The enforcement department also had to break some of the locks of the backlane fence for the health department workers to check the backlanes.
Notice will be issued to the house owners for every larva found, and if it is found to be an aedes larva, the house owner will be issued a compound that carries a maximum fine of RM500.
“In view of the dengue epidemic, we have to follow the instructions from the Health Ministry and fine them the maximum amount, so that the residents will take this seriously.
“We urge the residents to carry out the weekly 10-minute check in their house compounds and destroy the mosquito-breeding grounds,” Azfarizal said.
As of the 16th week of 2010, 515 out of the 809 reported dengue cases were positive in areas under the MPSJ.
A total of 498 of it were dengue fever and 17 were dengue haemorrhagic fever. Six deaths were recorded until April 13 while there were five deaths last year.
The dengue hotspots include Taman Pinggiran USJ 1 and 2, Taman Bukit Serdang, Puchong Permai, Puchong Perdana and Serdang Perdana.
Also present at the site were MPSJ councillor Rajiv Rishyakaran and MPSJ senior assistant health and environment officer Nordin Harun