After the anti-dengue campaign of last weekend, almost 18,000 people were detected with dengue fever out of the 709,823 homes visited in the Santo Domingo area.   

Bautista Rojas who is the Dominican Public Health Minister also reported that during the campaigns first 2 days almost one million deposits of the dengue vector mosquito were eliminated in houses and cemeteries. 

The Campaign will run again next weekend in different areas of the capital city, mainly the west region.  More people are joining forces this coming weekend including help from the Youth Ministry and students will be working together with Public Health people. 

A second stage is planned and includes fumigation in the zones where the deposits were eliminated lasts weekend; Rojas is also urging the population to take responsibility to keep their homes free of deposits.