The Punjab Government on Saturday launched a Statewide awareness campaign to be carried out at district and block level across the State to prevent swine flu cases.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra said to control swine flu and other vector-borne diseases, the State Government has launched awareness crusade to tackle the spread of any such disease.
He said all officials of the department have been directed to step up awareness activities for prevention of spread of the disease from one person to another.
“Orders regarding this awareness campaign have been passed to all the Government officials of the health department at district and block level to make people aware about the vector-borne diseases and prevention measures from these diseases,” he said.
The Health Minister said that all the Government hospitals have geared up the capacity to screen the influenza like illnesses at the earliest, so that the morbidity and mortality could be reduced due to swine flu.