A total of six cases of dengue fever have been reported from different parts of Pauri district. The cases reported include five in Kotdwar and one in lakshmanjhula area. However, there are unconfirmed reports of the actual number of dengue cases being higher than the number officially reported.
Director of Health, Garhwal region, Dr SD Uniyal claimed that no cases of dengue fever had been reported form the mountainous regions of Garhwal. Cases of dengue had been reported from places in the Terai region of Garhwal particularly in Dehradun, Haridwar, Kotdwar and other places. The department has ensured precautionary measures against the spread of dengue with dengue kit being made available to all primary health centres (PHCs) and hospitals of the mountain districts in the region.
The Pauri district chief medical officer Dr Manish Agrawal said that only six cases of dengue had been reported in Pauri district so far and out of these five were reported from Kotdwar and one from lakshmanjhula area. The condition of all the six dengue afflicted is under control. One district malaria officer has been deployed in Kotdwar keeping in mind that this area is more vulnerable to dengue fever.
The hospitals of Pauri, Kotdwar, Srinagar and PHC Dugadda have been well equipped for testing of dengue fever and the all the PHCs in the 15 blocks of the district have been provided with dengue kits for conducting tests, claimed Dr Agrawal. Instructions have been issued to all PHCs and hospitals
to be careful in cases of fever especially those displaying symptoms of dengue fever. If case of any person testing positive for dengue a bed should be made available
for the patient in need of hospitalization.
The CMO said that symptoms of dengue fever include high fever, headache, backache, joint pain and vomiting among others.