nWith four fresh cases reported last week, the number of people suffering from dengue in the national Capital has reached to 52 this year. Meanwhile, no new cases of malaria and chikungunya reported in last one week.
The number of people diagnosed with malaria and chikungunya stand at 39 and 18 respectively.
Out of total dengue cases, 18 patients who diagnosed with the disease belong to Delhi while 23 patients traced here were from different states and other 11 patients did not provide their address.
Mosquito-breeding has been reported in at least 1619 households and 1870 legal notices have been issued this year, according to data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).
The dengue breeding checkers have checked 3543681houses and also issued challans to 59 numbers of office and residential premises till May 16.
A senior SDMC official said that 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.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had last month chaired a high-level review meeting on prevention and control of vector borne diseases and stressed on the importance of innovative awareness drives, community participation and cooperation of all the stakeholders in changing the situation of Covid-19 to prevent such diseases.
Dengue mosquito larvae breed in clear, standing water while those of malaria mosquito thrive even in dirty water. Doctors have advised people to take precautions and ensure that there is no breeding of mosquito larvae around them. They have urged people to wear full-sleeves clothes and use mosquito nets.
The malaria parasite is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes, which bite mainly between dusk and dawn. According to 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.