Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammed Khurshid Alam on Sunday reassured that there is currently no need to declare a “public health emergency” regarding the spread of dengue.

“We do not believe we have yet reached the state of needing to declare a public health emergency. You have seen us make such a declaration in the past when the Covid-19 situation was severe in the country. It may well be that we will have to do so again, but that decision must be discussed at the policy level,” he said during a virtual press conference.