By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
12th September:- With the onset of Dengue season, the Malaria Wing of Health
Department Chandigarh Administration has geared up Field activities for
Prevention & Control of Dengue. The major source of breeding has been found
to be the coolers and in house containers. It was also observed during the field
analysis that the cases of Dengue are isolated cases and there is no clustering
.This indicates that there is no or very little local transmission.
Till now more than 375
cases of dengue has been diagnosed in the health centers located in Chandigarh.
Out of these 98 confirmed cases are residents of UT-Chandigarh which have been
diagnosed as Dengue fever at various government and private laboratories. One
case of Chickengunya has also been detected at Chandigarh. All the above
patients detected with Dengue had reported in OPD and there has been no death
due to Dengue of Chandigarh resident till date. All these cases have been
confirmed after field investigations and on ELISA based method which was
initially considered to be the probable cases tested at various private labs.
To further strengthen the
preventive activities, daily fumigation is being carried out alongwith
strengthening of field activities which includes mass awareness, checking of
breeding sources like coolers, containers, tyres and other sources. Till date
28 challans, 50 show cause notices and more than 2000 notices have been issued
to the defaulters.
Free Dengue testing
facility is available at Department of Virology, PGI Chandigarh, Department of
Microbiology GMCH-32, GMSH-16 and District Priority Lab (IDSP) at Civil
Hospital Manimajra.
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