Prasagraj: City reported 16 new dengue cases on Thursday, taking the calculation of dengue patients to 205.
After witnessing a significant surge in dengue cases in urban areas, the Ministry of Health officials on Thursday intensified the anti-larval spraying drive in MLN Medical Campus College , Karbala, Bakshi Bazar, Roshan Bagh, Munderber, Neta Crossing, Allahapur and Sohbatiyabagh.
Locations like Chota Baghara, Salori, Govindpur and DaraGanj are also under the scanner.
Officials appealed to residents to adopt preventive measures to maintain the disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
Anti-larval and fogging spraying is also taken in other parts of the city.
District Malaria Officer (DMO) Anand Kumar Singh told TI that the awareness campaign against mosquito-transmitted diseases was being carried out to educate and realize the occupants of such diseases.
He told that of 205 patients, 189 had recovered while eight patients underwent treatment.
16 new bloody fever cases reported in Prayagraj
