Rajeev.Dikshit@timesgroup.com Varanasi: A total of 34 bags, most of the villages recently included in the limits of Varanasi Municipal Corporation have emerged as a bloody hotspot in this district.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health claimed only 53 cases of dengue fever had been confirmed in the district starting July 1 to Wednesday.
Taking a serious record of this situation, Kaushal District Judge Kaushal Raj Sharma has asked the major medical officers to treat cases in the ‘suspicious’ and ‘possibilities’ categories as dengue fever.
Recognizing that Dengue Menace was spreading, DM said, “The main problem was reported from the villages recently included in VMC boundaries because they did not have the right drainage system.
Flood-flooded areas also appeared as hotspots.
So far These 34 dengue fever hotspots have been identified.
“Malagia Officer (DMO) Dr.
SC Pandey claims,” according to the Government Recipe Guidelines for the NS-1 Antigen Kit test report cannot be considered sufficient to confirm Dengue cases.
Sample tests at Sentinel Surveillance Laboratories It is a must for confirmation.
Remembering the same thing, only a positive tested sample in the Elisa test in the Hindu Banaras University Laboratory Microbiology Department is considered positive for dengue fever.
So far, the Lab has confirmed 53 Dengue cases since July 1 DM said that in the meeting which is held on Tuesday, health officials, private hospitals, practitioners and centers Pathology has been asked to submit a daily report on dengue cases.
CMO is asked to ensure that even cases in possible or suspected categories, must be treated as dengue fever, said DM.
Mega Cleanliness Drive Includes source reduction exercises such as cleaning water from solid waste, memos and coolers, fogging, anti-larval sprays and bio-chemicals have also been ordered, said DM added, additional CMOS and VMC authority will carefully monitor these exercises Start Thursday.
CMO has also been asked to ensure that the capacity at the Bhu and SPG Division hospital has been upgraded to recognize cases of dengue fever, he said.
34 Dengue Hotspots are identified in the Dist
