Dengue scare is continuing in the provisional State capital as seven new cases of the disease were reported by the district health authorities on Wednesday. With them the number of people affected by the disease has mounted to 194 in this season.
The District in-charge of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Dr Puneet Chandra said that out of the reported positive for the dengue this year, 106 are from Dehradun district, 64 are from Haridwar district, three from Tehri, two from Rudraprayag, one from Chamoli and 18 belong to Uttar Pradesh.
The department has so far collected samples of 4333 patients this year out of which 194 patients have been found positive in Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ElISA) which is the confirmatory test for the disease.
Dengue is spread by Aedes Aezypti or tiger mosquito. It has characteristic stripes on its body due which it is called tiger mosquito. It strikes during day time and experts suggest that people should wear full sleeved clothes to prevent mosquito bite.