Commentary: In Singapore, battling the COVID-19 threat outside and the dengue peril at home

on Wednesday , at 22,403, surpassing the last record of 22,170 in 2013. More than 1,000 cases have been reported for the past eight consecutive weeks.READ: Commentary: Burned out while working from home? You should check your work-life boundaries

Today, there is low herd immunity in the population. Our vector control may be as good as ever, but any mosquito that escapes control can pass infection to a greater proportion of the people she bites than was possible 50 years ago. Such missed infections are critical, because people with mild infections may still spread the virus to mosquitos. Yet, by being hidden, they do not count towards clusters or trigger response.

But while we cannot be sure whether this year’s dengue outbreak is worse than previous epidemics, the current situation is unarguably bad.WE NEED A MIX OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES Release of these mosquitoes in pilot studies in Nee Soon and Tampines have shown impressive reductions in the wild mosquito population. While the pilots have yielded valuable insights on how to deploy the technology efficiently, the scale has not yet reached the level that would lead to reductions in incidence of disease in people.That may change soon though, as production ramps up at the new plant in Ang Mo Kio.

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