Chandigarh: After a long Covid-19 battle, Punjab has recorded more cases of dengue fever than Covid infection for the past week.
Data analysis revealed that cases of dengue fever have been eight times higher than the number of people who contracted a virus for October 13-19.
The number of dengue cases rose from 7,691 on October 13 to 9,047 on October 19.
About 193 new cases emerged an average per day while only 168 cases of Covid infection were reported throughout the week.
Most cases are contributed by Mohali, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar and Pathankot.
More worrying, the country has exceeded 8,435 dengue cases reported during the past year.
If the case continues to grow at the current speed, health experts are worried that the state may violate the highest count of 15,398 recorded in 2017.
From 2018 to 2020, the state has witnessed a stable decline in the case.
Deputy Punjab Chair of the Minister of OP Soni admitted that there was an increase in the number of cases, but said the spread was limited to several districts.
Soni said that he would hold a meeting review with officials on Thursday.
Special teams have pressed to temporary services the district level committees under the Deputy Commissioners have been formed in addition to other detention steps.
Earlier this week, the government reduced the level of dengue test to Rs 600.
The record of the rupture of cases of dengue fever during the ongoing covid pandemic, which is far from above, has caused serious health problems and exacerbates the challenges of the doctor who overlaps because of the overlapping clinical manifestation Laboratory parameters.
The problem has also been marked in a study conducted by the doctor’s team – Amandeep Kaur, Navneh Samagh, Nimish Singh and Navdeep Kaur – from the All-India Medical Institute, Bathinda.
Studies published in the Journal of Indian Doctors Association stated: “Health care officers face difficulties trying to distinguish between the two viruses and then manage diseases with limited sources.
More emphasis must be placed on precautions for this kind of endemic disease so that we can effectively Control these diseases and further reduce the burden on health care workers.
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