As many as 630 cases of dengue have been reported while death of one person has been confirmed in Haryana.
A spokesman of Haryana Health Department on Friday said that being close to Delhi, the maximum number of dengue cases has been reported in Gurgaon. One person has died due to dengue in Ambala whereas no such incident has taken place in any other area of the state.
He said that 76 cases have been reported in Kaithal, 58 in Hisar, 55 Jhajjar, 39 in Karnal, 35 in Kurukshetra, 28 in Sirsa, 23 in Jind, 20 in Rohtak, 18 in Panipat and 10 in Panchkula.
The spokesperson said that so far 3745 cases of malaria have been reported. Out of these, a maximum of 1656 cases of malaria were reported in Mewat and 524 in Yamunanagar.
Haryana has got affected due to spread of malaria and dengue in Delhi, but with readiness of Health Department and better medical services, the situation is under control, added he.
Meanwhile, Haryana Urban local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain on Friday directed all Municipal Commissioners, Executive officers of Municipal Council and Secretaries of Municipality to launch a special campaign to prevent spread of dengue.
Jain directed all concerned officers to ensure cleanliness of drains, prevent stagnation of water and avoid unnecessary watering in parks. She said that they should also maintain proper cleanliness in cities and make arrangements of fogging in coordination with concerned departments at such places where there was possibility of growth of mosquitoes.
Apart from this, they have also been asked to carry out an awareness campaign on war footing to apprise the people about the benefit of covering underground water tanks and those installed at rooftop.
She said that there should be no water logging in flowerpots, drains, streets and roads etc so as to prevent the mosquito breeding. Also, adequate quantity of kerosene oil or petrol should be poured at such places where it was not possible to drain water.