In the latest update coming from Bihar which was recently hit by floods crisis, the number of people affected by dengue has gone up by 100 in the past two days. The Principal Secretary Health in Bihar, Sanjay Kumar, told to media on Tuesday.
Speaking to media, Mr. Kumar said, “In the past two days, another 100 cases have been registered. The National Institute of Malaria Research conducted a survey here and found out that approximately 30 to 40 per cent of Aedes mosquitoes are there inside the houses.”He said, “We are continuously appealing to people not allow water to stay or collect
even inside the house. Aedes mosquito breeds and evolves in freshwater and bites during
the day time only.”Talking about the measures taken by the authorities, he said, “The health department has constituted 75 teams to use anti-larvicidal in different parts of Patna. As the temperature, in general, will fall, the outbreak of dengue will also decline or decrease.” “I won’t say that the condition is worrisome as the situation is better than the previous year. All I want to say is that the health department is on alert,” he further added.
According to reports last week, Dengue had become a threat in the region after Bihar faced one of the worst flood crisis in history of the state. Thousands of cases of Dengue have been reported since then, the government however has ensured that measures to control and prevent any deadly crisis are being taken.
Till October 9, 2019 the state had already recorded 1,184 cases of Dengue. According to the state health department report, Patna, which was the worst hit, registered 823 cases out of which 140 of them were reported in only the last two days.The department had launched intensive campaigns to check the spread of the deadly virus after flooding left many parts of the state with stagnant water. But still, the extent of the spread could not be estimated.
In 2018, around 2,100 people were tested positive for the disease and of these, 1,176 were from Patna, health officials added. This time authorities claim they are trying best to avoid another crisis in the state.
Along with dengue, many cases of Chikungunya have also been reported in Bihar’s capital, officials of the state health department mentioned.Both dengue and Chikungunya are spread by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito.
