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Chandigarh All Set To Fight Dengue This Monsoon Season
The season of monsoon comes with both happiness and dengue. The spread of the disease is based on the hygiene one maintains around his/her surroundings. Around 10 cases of dengue (caused by Aedes mosquito) have been reported from the Tricity (Chandigarh, Punjab & Haryana) till 2 August.
Mosquitoes breed mostly in stagnant water mainly during the rainy season. In a report produced by the UT Health department, the larvae of Aedes mosquitoes were found in around 4710 places which include coolers, households, and overhead tanks.
As per the report, mosquito larvae check was conducted in around 167400 households out of which 1657 houses have been detected with the same. Also, around 49070 coolers were inspected and 2216 were found with the larvae.
A senior officer in the UT Health department (malaria wing) told media that mosquitoes are active especially in August and September and it is important for people to start taking necessary precautions to avoid it.
If we talk about Chandigarh, in the year 2017, the state was reported with the highest dengue cases (1594). For the year 2018, the report shows 301 cases of this deadly disease.
What's New
The
UT
Health
department
has
claimed
to
adopt
a
new
strategy
to
tackle
dengue
this
year
by
surveying,
spraying
and
fogging.
As
of
now,
only
Temephos
granules
are
used
to
treat
the
larvae
in
stagnant
water.
To
include,
Temephos
granule
is
a
larvicide
used
to
treat
water
infested
with
mosquitoes
or
other
disease-carrying
insects' larvae.
A
senior
officer
from
the
UT
department
said,
"We
have
a
new
strategy
for
2019:
First
survey;
then
spray,
and
then
fogging
if
required.
The
progress
of
all
units
is
being
monitored
every
day.
All
team
leaders
report
to
the
headquarters
daily.
Also,
the
Regional
Office
of
Health
&
Family
Welfare
has
joined
hands
with
Malaria
Wing
of
UT
for
a
joint
entomological
survey".
The officer included that they conducted a drive in which they destroyed several other mosquito breeding grounds like tyres and open containers. Out of 16089 tyres, 206 were detected while out of 1.69 lakh containers, 622 were found with the larvae. This shows that Chandigarh is in full gear to remove dengue from the city. Also, several institutions like hostels, private offices, schools, 19 government offices, colleges, and 10 religious places have been issued a notice by the UT health department when they found larvae on their premises during the check.
Progress Of New Strategy
In around 285 open areas and 288 indoor areas, hand-held fogging machines were used to prevent the spread of mosquitoes. On the other hand, in around 211 areas including slums, sectors, and colonies, the vehicle-mounted machine was used for fogging. The UT official said that from this month, the process will start in urban areas as well. Around 13627 water bodies were also treated in the process.
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