Noida: A malaria case in the district has been substantially reduced in the past two years and there are no cases of dengue that have been reported so far this year.
Health officials said that since Covid began, malaria cases have seen a considerable decline in this district.
Testing for malaria is also reduced since the local team involved in testing has been transferred to Covid’s task.
However, these cases are still lower in disproportionate compared to the tests carried out.
In 2019, there were 424 malaria cases of 73,568 samples tested.
In 2020, reduced to 27 cases from 51,350 samples were tested.
Even though the test was reduced by only around 30%, cases fell substantially 95%.
Likewise, in the first half of 2021, two malaria cases were confirmed, even though 23,248 tests had been carried out.
Officials said that while most of the diseases transmitted by vectors were reported from July to November, there seemed to be fewer breeding places now as reported by health workers working on the awareness program of infectious diseases that occur in the district.
This may be due to better cleanliness and cleanliness maintained by the people and drive regular sanitization, officials said.
“We continue to organize campaigns to embarrass and inspection of alleged areas.
Since last year we have seen that the breeding place for dengue and malaria fever mosquitoes has been reduced.
There are also fewer complaints,” said Rajesh Sharma, District Malaria Officer.
He added, “Because Covid began, there was a lot of awareness about maintaining cleanliness.
It is possible that people are more vigilant now about keeping their environment clean.
There are also ordinary sanitization drives in all districts.” He explained that dengue mosquitoes and malaria breeding In clean water that is stagnant.
While malaria larvae can breed in clean water that has land underneath, dengue larvae will not.
Dengue trends also looked positive from the past two years.
There were 40 cases in 2019 of the 628 samples tested.
In 2020, this was reduced to 28 cases and five other cases from outside the district, from 333 samples were tested.
This year, there were no cases reported so far, even though neighbor Delhi had seen 38 cases.
Officials said that there was no death because of dengue or malaria fever in more than five years in the district.
However, people need to continue to maintain cleanliness standards, especially now that Monsun has begun.
“Dengue cases increase in July and so on because rainwater accumulates in many places.
People must be very careful so that clean water is not collected near houses like pots, coolers, bird eating trays on the balcony, lip tires or trophies Thermocol, “Sharma said.
In Covid times, a few breaks: 2 malaria cases, no dengue fever
