The Malaria Free Bastar (MFB) campaign has significantly lowered the cases of malaria infection in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, a government statement said on Tuesday.
In the first phase of the campaign, 14 lakh people were tested in Bastar, out of which 64,646 (4.60 percent) were found malaria infected.
The second phase of the campaign started on June 6 and will end on July 31 in which 23.46 lakh people will be examined.
So far, blood samples of 22.34 lakh people have already been tested, and only 29,275 (1.31 percent) people were found malaria positive. These include 306 pregnant women.
Medication of the victims has started, the communiqué added. The Health Department has also distributed 4,71,879 medicated mosquito nets to people.