There has been no death due to dengue in Dhenkanal district since 2013, claimed District Vector Diseases Adviser Tapan Kumar Sahu here at a programme held to mark the Anti-Dengue Month.
Making a power presentation, Sahu said when 416 were affected in dengue in 2013; the number came down to 274 in 2014 and 44 in 2015.
But the number mounted to 117 in 2016 and again decreased to 51 in 2017. Only 2 dengue affected patients have been indentified this year so far.
Sahu said dengue awareness programmes were held at 60 vulnerable ares in the district.
Presiding over the sensitization meeting, district Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan advised the District Education Officer, District Welfare Officer and officers in the industrial sectors to put up hoardings and hold anti-dengue sensitization programmes in all villages, NACs, municipalities, schools and colleges and industry campuses.
Among others, District Medical Officer Dr Basudev Behera spoke on the observation of Anti-Dengue Month.