Winter Comes, The Menace of Dengue will Subside
PATNA: Lack of sanitation and awareness has provoked the issue, said Bihar principal secretary of Health “Sanjay Kumar” when questioned related to the 984 affirmed cases of dengue in bihar, including 660 in Patna district alone.
Excerpts from a meeting with S M Shahbaz:
Q1. Dengue appears to be taking the form of a severe threat or hazard in Bihar.
Since the primary revealed instance of dengue in Bihar in 2013, the mosquito-borne ailment has to a great extent stayed bound to urban zones. It spreads because of aggregation of water in urban bunches, which gives a rearing ground to mosquitoes. According to our appraisal, rustic zones are nearly less influenced.
Q2. Why most cases are found in Patna?
Patna has enlisted the most extreme number of dengue cases as it has greatest movement. Various dengue patients touched base in the state capital amid the merry season. Absence of sanitation and awareness has provoked the issue.
Q3. What preventive measures has been taken by the Health division?
We started a awareness drive at railroad stations and sorted out dengue-conclusion camp in Patna Medical College and Hospital as of late. We have likewise given loads of malathion to the Patna Municipal Corporation for mosquito control. Other than all restorative school healing centers have been requested to tell dengue cases. We need to guarantee individuals that the state Health office is taking each conceivable measure to check its spread.
Q4. What number individuals passed on of dengue?
We directed review of five to six presumed dengue passings in Patna. The media detailed them as dengue passings, yet we discovered none of these passings was caused by dengue. In Bihar, any fever is likened with dengue, which makes freeze. Just 15-20{dfad1845c18f3d3d13481ef1637ff593fa537ce96fafe7b10d370006d8ed1e9e} of the general population experiencing fever were really observed to be dengue patients in corroborative tests led by restorative school healing facilities.
Q5. Will awareness help?
Awareness among people is critical. Individuals must realize that presumed dengue patients ought to experience ELISA test at any of the seven medicinal school healing centers for affirmation. In the event that individuals end up mindful, they won’t be tricked by personal stakes.
Q6. Will the rate of dengue die down in winter?
Indeed. It will step by step die down with the beginning of winter.
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