Prime city locations turn hotspots for dengue, 12 more cases reported

Prayagraj: Three prime localities of Sangam City including Ashok Nagar, Georgetown and Teliyarganj have turned hotspots for dengue cases.
With 12 new cases of dengue reported in Sangam City on Friday, the total number of cases have gone up to 106.
Out of 12 cases reported on Friday, eight of them are from urban pockets including Georgetown, Teliyarganj, (Mausaraiya) Ashok Nagar, Naini, Lok Sewa Ayog campus, TB Sapru hospital and Rasoolabad. While rest of the four cases were from Handia, Soraon, Manda and Saidabad. District Malaria Officer (Prayagraj) AK Singh told TOI, “80 out of total 106 patients have already recovered and there are only 26 active cases in the Sangam City”. He, however, said, “Out of 26 active cases, 14 patients are being treated at hospitals including 11 at government and three at private while 12 patients are being treated at home”.
Moreover, out of total 106 dengue cases reported in the district so far, more than 70 percent cases were reported in urban pockets, while the rest in trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna areas.
Officials of the health department, however, claimed, there has been an increasing trend in the cases of dengue and the peak of the disease is to be reported in October month.
Officials also added, urban pockets are witnessing an increasing trend in dengue cases since past 15 days, but effective measures are being initiated to check the vector-borne disease.
Officials also claimed that city pockets have undoubtedly more dengue cases, particularly in low lying areas\flood affected pockets, and these pockets are under scanner.
An anti-larvae spraying drive has been intensified in these areas, including Teliyarganj, Mausariya and Govindpur localities. City residents have, however, been urged to take preventive measures to check the spread of dengue, said a senior health official, adding, health teams are appealing people to use mosquito nets and repellents. Meanwhile, officials of health department are set to organise a month long communicable disease control programme from October 1 to 31 in the district. Health teams would be conducting door to door campaign from October 7 to 21 to find out new patients of TB, dengue, fever and malnutrition and distribution of ORS packets and chlorine tablets would als,o be done.
A total of 4,500 basis health workers (ASHAs) have been engaged for the special campaign who would conduct the door to door campaign. Stress is being laid on flood affected areas and a mass awareness drive has already been launched.