Jaipur: On the day the country reported Zero Covid-19 cases for the first time in more than 18 months on Tuesday, the Chief Minister of Ashok Gehlot acknowledged that dengue fever had become a large medical and health challenge and announced free Dengue 15 Days of Rajasthan campaign.
The campaign will begin on Wednesday because spiraling cases of dengue fever have become a cause of concern.
After development, Health Minister Raghu Sharma reviewed the situation of fever with the senior health department official.
During the last 28 days (September 20 – October 18), the country has reported eight bloody deaths.
About 10 bloody deaths have been reported since January.
Steps in which dengue fever spreads in the country can be measured by the fact that from 6,797 Dengue cases reported since January this year, 4,725 has been confirmed in the last 28 days.
It accounts for 70% of reported cases since 1.
January.
Officials direct officials to do fogging, not only in urban areas but also in villages.
In districts where cases are increasing in a worrying way, nodal officers will be sent to contain deployment.
Until the level of the primary health center, the government ensures the availability of drugs to treat dengue fever.
Taking immediate steps, the Minister of Health imposed a ban on leave of health workers, while asking those who had been moved to join the task immediately on their new post.
The 24-hour control room will be established in all districts and response teams that are quickly formed to fight seasonal diseases such as dengue fever, malaria, chikungunya and typhus scrubs.
He asked officials to improve the responsibilities of health officials at the block, district and zone level for effective control of seasonal illnesses.
“Dengue cases are reported from most districts.
In 14 districts, cases of dengue fever more than 150.
Jaipur reported more than 1,400 cases (since January to date) so far.
In addition, 10 deaths because fever has also been reported,” Sharma said , Minister of Health.
In the last 28 days, Jaipur reported 843 cases of dengue fever, followed by the city (536) and Jhalawar (485).