The dengue menace seems to be fast spreading in Ganjam district with six patients detected with the disease so far.
Two dengue patients were detected on Wednesday in Brahmapur city. The affected persons have been admitted at the MKCG Medical College Hospital. They were identified as Suni Patro of luchapada, Devasmita Gauda of Dura, Jagannath Das of Gajapatinagar, Sanoto Panigrahi of Keonjhar and Dhanajaya Swain.
locals complain that the number of dengue patients is increasing due to the dump yards at different wards of the city. The BJP staged protests demanding steps by the Government and the district administration to control the viral disease.
Earlier, four persons had been detected with dengue positive at Girisola village in Chikiti block of the district. Initially, they were admitted at the MKCG Hospital and later shifted to a private hospital in Visakhapatnam.