Chief Medical Officer Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said that 224 dengue patients have been confirmed in the last few days in which preventive actions like anti-larva spray, fogging, larva source destruction have been taken against all the patients. He said anti-larva spraying and fogging work is being done continuously by the Municipal Corporation and Health department in 70 hot spots (urban) and 62 rural hot spots of the district. So far 97,417 houses have been surveyed. A total of 2,52,937 breeding sites were examined in which 20,282 sources were destroyed.
A total of 331 houses were found to be larva positive and notices were given to 546 persons when mosquito-borne conditions were found. Anti-larva spraying has been done at a total of 11,425 sites, he said. According to the CMO, an action plan is ready for fogging and spraying in all schools of the district. “Spraying work is being done in schools every Sunday.
For publicity, information and audio visuals about ‘what to do, what not to do’ are being broadcast through 55 public address (PA) systems of the city. Besides, 20 message display boards are operated by the Municipal Corporation at various places in the city. Adequate beds and testing facilities are available in government hospitals. Five beds at each community health centre and two at each primary health centre have been reserved. A total of 39 breeding checkers visited door to door in hot spot localities. Lava checking work is also being done. The facility of blood and platelets is available in a total of seven government and 12 private blood banks,” he said.