The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) has started taking elaborate precautionary measures after detection of two dengue cases in Sadar Bazar locality of the city.
RMC’s Zone-7 Commissioner also visited the Sadar Bazaar locality and met the two Dengue affected persons a day earlier.The RMC officials informed that two women residing in Sadar Bazaar locality, falling under Ward 39 tested positive for Dengue. later, a team of RMC officials and the Zone Commissioner reached the house of the patients and also carried out an inspection of the locality.
The Commissioner asked the family members of the patients to drain the water stored in coolers and get them emptied. The water tanks were also emptied in front of the Zone Commissioner.The Zone Commissioner informed that Dengue is a vector born disease spread by mosquitoes. The carrier (mosquito) of the deadly disease develops even in fresh water and can affect an area up to 100 meters. The Commissioner appealed to the residents of area to clear the stored water in coolers as these are the breeding ground of Dengue vectors.
He also asked the residents of area to approach a hospital immediately if they found symptoms of Dengue as this is a fatal disease.