Gurugram: At least 30 more positive people were found with dengue fever during a rapid fever survey conducted throughout the city for the past three days taking a total of Kaseload to 83, a health official said on Wednesday.
As part of an emergency plan to load any plague, the action team has quickly started filtering the population of 50 houses in and around patients reported for signs of fever even as an aggressive drive and anti-larval drive has begun in all districts.
“We expect to increase cases of dengue fever in November in this region because of the long rainy season spells.
The peak for dengue fever has not yet arrived.
People need to close their doors and windows in the morning and evening to avoid mosquitoes roam They, “said Dr.
Virender Yadav, Chief Medical Officer, Gurugram.
Private hospitals, officials said, had been directed not to charge more than Rs 600 for dengue and chikungunya tests.
Gurugram, officials said, arranged to get 200 fogging machines within a week to be distributed among 245 villages to aggressively overcome the threat of fever and malaria.
At present, Gurugram has 56 fogging machines – 52 which are operated by hand and four vehicles.
City corporation Gurugram has also established a control room where people can call (18001801817) between 9am and 5pm every day for demand for fogging, civilian officials told Tii.
Doctor, meanwhile, has advised residents to wear full arm clothes and use mosquito drugs.
The Ministry of Health has also mapped several hotspots of dengue fever cases covering the Wazirabad area, Palam Vihar, Basai, Kanhai colony, Sarhaul Village, Sector 21 A, Sector 39, Sector 12, Dharam Colonies, Sector 12, Udyog Vihar Phase-1 and Jharsa Village .
The city reported the highest number of dengue cases in 2015 when a total of 451 cases were registered in the district.
Eighty-six cases were reported in 2016, 66 in 2017and 93 in 2018.
In 2018.
In 2019, at least 22 cases were reported in Gurugram which rose to 51 in 2021.
So far, there are no deaths related to Dengue reported at City this year.