With four new cases, the number of people infected with Malaria in the National Capital has reached to 44 this year, according to the data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday.
The municipal Corporations have reported mosquito-breeding in at least 5070households and 4,775 legal notices have been issued this year so far. The dengue breeding checkers have checked 4984784 houses and also issued challans to 74 numbers of office and residential premises till 14 March.
Besides, at least 54 cases of dengue and 19 cases of Chikungunya also reported this year.
According to the data out of these cases, 21 patients who were diagnosed with malaria were from different states while four of them did not provide their addresses.
The malaria parasite is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes, which bite mainly between dusk and dawn. According to the World Health Organisation malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium. Human malaria is caused by four different species of Plasmodium: P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale and P. vivax.
However, civic body officials said that preparations to contain the disease have been started.
Concerned over the spurt in cases, A senior SDMC official said that the civic body has started spraying insecticides in its areas besides the regarding officials are also planning to adopt a different approach to tackle vector borne diseases with Coronavirus.
“All the preventive steps have been taken to reduce the cases. “The key to prevention of dengue is ensuring there is no clean stagnant water in homes and around, which does not allow the Aedes mosquitoes to breed, and therefore dengue cannot spread,” he said.
Last year only one case of malaria was reported in 2019, seven in 2018 and nine in 2017 till the time, according to the data.