Kolkata: Diseases transmitted through vectors, such as dengue fever and malaria, and seasonal illnesses, such as cold fever and viruses, continues to strike even though it is the second week of December, unusual time for these cases.
The worst impact seems to students, many of which have been forced to provide their offline tests, even the first semester test council, Miss to go down with Covid or other diseases.
Some schools have received applications from parents, looking for alternative exam dates so that their sick children can appear for the test on the last schedule.
Although not healthy, a handful of students have taken the test – some of them from the isolation room – afraid of losing the academic year.
Doctors, who showed that only cases of dengue fever were reported around the time in the last two years but the number was significantly high this year, warned that dengue, malaria and viral disease would linger for the past few weeks because the spell recently rained.
“Two or three cases of dengue and malaria fever every day in December are unusual.
But I have not found a typical monsoon disease that appears regularly in December as it is now.
Blame the unusual rain,” said the Institute of Child Health Associate Professor Prabhas Prasun Giri.
The doctor showed that the puddle of water left by the bathroom was recently brought by Cyclone Jawad will breed mosquitoes and encourage dengue fever, malaria case.
“Apart from dengue and malaria fever, we see an increase in the number of virus diseases, including influenza.
The civil body has been loose in VectorControl steps,” said an internal medicine specialist at a government hospital.
The CBSE short-term board exam will continue until December 11, ISC’s first semester exam will be on December 20 and ICSE until December 16.
CISCE has enabled students to suffer from Covid or other diseases to choose a re-assessment after sending the right medical report.
CBSE has enabled an alternative date for only covid-positive candidates.
Three class X students in the South Point High School and class XII students at the Calcutta Boys School are one of the many children with dengue fever.
Three students at La Martiniere for boys have submitted an alternative date for reassessment.
Some Cisce affiliated schools have continued demand for alternative dating to the board on behalf of students.
Calcutta Boys Principal, King McGee said, “A class XII boy could not write his letters when he was hospitalized with dengue fever.
The council has allowed him to regress.” Among the three unhealthy students at La Martiniere for boys -Laki, two class X students, one down with dengue fever and the other with Covid, while the third is class XII students, who have missed several papers due to health problems.
“Two class X students and one boy XII will rejuvenate on the alternative date,” said John Stephen, acting principal in La Martiniere for boys.
But it was not so lucky to be three class X students in the South Point who had to take their examinations even though there was a bloody fever because the reset facilities for CBSE were only for covid-positive.
“Three wrote their exam from the medical room,” said Trustee Krishna Damani.