With the advent of season for the vector-borne diseases, the total number of people affected by the dengue has reached to 43 as nine new cases reported last week. While the cases of malaria reached to 41 with 10 new cases, according to a data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday.
Out of nine new cases of dengue and 10 cases of Malaria, two patients in each diseases were diagnosed belong to neighboring states. According to the SDMC, mosquito breeding was reported from 24016 Delhi households till June 2. While 29363 legal notices issued for mosquitogenic condition.
Meanwhile, in a special 15 days drive launched by East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) against those providing conducive atmosphere in their surrounding for mosquitoes breeding, the civic body has issued 889 notices and 10 challans for the same.
A senior EDMC official said that an inspection was carried out in Shahdara (South) and Shahdara (North) zone. "Citizens were also made aware of the preventive measures and directives were also given in this regard," he said.
He further said that 491 notices and four challans were issued in Shahdara (South) Zone and 398 notices and six challans were issued in Shahdara (North) Zone by the Public Health Department of the EDMC.
The programme was part of measures taken for the upcoming monsoon season well in advance. This will help in prevention of dengue, chikungunya and malaria cases, he said.
Meanwhile taking precautionary measures, all the three corporations have already started a number of initiatives to prevent mosquito breeding, including creating awareness by using various media, deploying more dengue breeding checkers, and desilting of drains, the official said.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Commissioner Dr P K Goel had issued an advisory last month on prevention and control of vector-borne diseases in Delhi.
Dengue and chikungunya are caused by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which breeds in clean water. The female Anopheles mosquito, which causes malaria, breeds in both clean and muddy water.