Ranchi: A total of 174 people were positively tested for Chikungunya while 156 was tested positive for dengue fever between January and October this year, according to the findings of the entomologist survey conducted by cells of the congenital disease of the state health vector during the period.
One person allegedly died of dengue fever during the period of time.
According to the Ministry of Health record, more than 3.3 lakh houses were filtered as part of the survey and the team collected by samples from 934 suspects dengue and 507 suspects Chikungunyunyunya.
In addition to collecting samples, the survey team identified more than 77,000 containers as a suspicion of breeding for dengue and chikungunya fever larvae, where 37,000 containers confirmed the existence of Aedis larvae and the container was destroyed.
“In addition to destroying freckles.
The Ministry of Health, said source, plans to force a penalty on those found to violate the warning given by the survey team.
“Our team has asked them to ensure that larvae do not get a breeding place that is usually a blank container.
We plan to force on-spot penalties if the breeding place is found in one of the houses surveyed,” said a health department official.
After the withdrawal of the rainy season, the Ministry of Health has collaborated with the state urban development department to spray the anti-larval fluid and reduction in sources in vulnerable areas but the population accused that the civil body team did not do what was needed.
“Not a single fogging or spraying team that comes to our area in the past month.
The whole area is full of mosquitoes and because the weather turns dry now because of the emergence of winter, the number continues to multiply,” Lajpat Nagar said resident Abhishek Kumar.