Current context: Bangladesh government has decided to use the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to control the dengue outbreak.
a. China
b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar
d. Srilanka
- Bangladesh is in grip of unprecedented dengue outbreak this year, infecting about 58,000 people.
- To discuss the feasibility of SIT, a team of experts from WHO-FAO and IAEA arrived in Dhaka on 22nd August 2019.
- The SIT for dengue control is also called as 'mosquito fights mosquito technique'.
- In the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are turned infertile by releasing sterilised male mosquitoes in areas of dengue outbreak.
- Earlier two sites in Guangzhou in China, have successfully used this breakthrough technique.
Question:
Q.1 Which country has recently faced the Dengue outbreak in 2019?a. China
b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar
d. Srilanka
