The number of dengue affected patients in Dehradun district mounted to 769 with the health department reporting 36 new cases on Monday. The Deputy Director Communicable diseases, Dr Pankaj Kumar Singh said that the department after conducting ElISA tests on suspected patients of Dengue has found 871 positive cases of the disease in state so far. He said that the number of Dengue cases in Haridwar has reached to 59 while Nainital district has 30 cases till date. The departmental data reveals that no patient of dengue is admitted in the Government hospital of Haridwar district. In the associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), 28 patients of disease are admitted while in the hospital of government medical college Haldwani, Nainital 18 dengue patients are undergoing treatment.
In Dehradun district combined teams of the health department and Municipal Corporation engaged in extensive fogging in many localities of the city. The district health department organised health camps at D l Road and other areas. The in charge of Dengue cell of Municipal Corporation, Dr R K Singh said that extensive fogging was undertaken in Saraswati Vihar, Mata mandir road, Nagar Nigam colony, Muslim Colony, Masjid wali gali, Chander Nagar and Madrasi colony on the day.
Dengue is a viral infection spread by the mosquito Aedes Aezypti also called Tiger Mosquito.
The symptoms of the disease are persistent high fever, rashes, headache and pain in the joints. In the acute cases the platelets number decrease drastically which may prove fatal for the patient. The tiger mosquito strikes during day time and it is suggested that people should wear full sleeved clothes to prevent mosquito bite.