In a bid to eradicate dengue fever, the government has unveiled a comprehensive seven-year National Dengue Prevention and Control Strategy (2024-2030). 

The health ministry's ambitious plan, approved yesterday, aims to drastically reduce the number of dengue infections and deaths in the country by 2030.

The strategy targets a significant reduction in infections, aiming for a maximum of one case per thousand people by 2030. It also seeks to bring the mortality rate down to a mere 0.1%, meaning at most one death per thousand dengue patients.