Friday, 01 October 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Four new cases of dengue were reported by the state health department on Thursday in Dehradun. The district now has 37 new cases of the disease this season.
The district vector borne diseases officer Subhash Joshi said all the patients are undergoing treatment and are out of danger. He informed that a survey of 1,87,337 houses in the district has so far been done in Dehradun and the teams of department found the larvae of dengue causing mosquito in 8920 households.
Apart from source reduction exercises the health department has also undertaken an awareness drive in which people are explained the ways to prevent the menace of dengue. Joshi said that since the Aedes Aezypti, the vector of the disease, strikes during the day time and breeds in clear water, one should wear full sleeved clothes to prevent exposure to the mosquito bite and don’t allow water to get collected in their vicinity.
