BHUBANESWAR: Three new dengue positive cases have been detected from the capital city on Friday. They were reported from Chandrasekharpur and nearby localities, a health department source said.
With this the total number of dengue cases touched 14 in the city. Five positive cases were reported from BDA Colony, the worst-affected area. The woman, Pratima Sahu, 48, who died in dengue late on Wednesday in a private hospital, was from this locality.
After death of the woman, the Bhubaneswar
Municipal Corporation (BMC) and health department staff intensified awareness drives to control the disease. Rallies and door-to-door campaigns are being carried out in ward 47, 54 and 23 of the municipal corporation.
B K Brahma, director of health services, said positive cases in the state in this season have increased from 48 on Wednesday to 56 on Friday. Out of which, three new cases were from Bhubaneswar only. Other five cases have been reported from different parts of the state.
The BMC conducted a meeting here on Friday to discuss on the preventive measures to be taken for dengue. Officials and corporators stressed massive cleanliness drive including bush cutting, anti-mosquito sprays, drain cleaning, removing of unused tyres and other works across the city.
City mayor A N
Jena said sanitation workers have been working in different localities in the city to keep the surroundings clean. "We will spray larvicide on different stagnant water pools to stop breeding of mosquitoes. We have also decided to start fogging in some areas to control the mosquitoes," he added.
He also appealed to the people to change the water stored in different containers for several days in order to stop breeding of
aedes aegypti, a mosquito which spreads
dengue fever.
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