In addition to instructing the 8th Army Corps to continue sending troops to clean up the Kaohsiung disaster area and implement emergency dengue fever prevention measures, Premier Jiang Yi-huah has agreed to the Executive Yuan using NT$30 million (US$1 million) of its secondary reserve fund to help the Kaohsiung City Government respond to the dengue outbreak, Executive Yuan Spokesperson Sun Lih-chyun said today.
Last week, the premier instructed the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Environmental Protection Administration and local governments to go all-out to prevent a dengue fever epidemic, the spokesperson said. In addition, Jiang asked local governments to step up their advocacy and urge citizens to proactively clean up areas where disease-carrying mosquitoes could breed.
The premier hopes that through central and local government cooperation, the dengue epidemic will be quickly halted and public health will be safeguarded, Sun said.