Dengue cases to decline from next week in Prayagraj: Officials

PRAYAGRAJ: Even as the tally of dengue cases crossed the 1,050 mark in Prayagraj district on Sunday, around 1,166 beds reserved in dengue wards in the seven government and 37 private hospitals are lying vacant.
Statistics of the district health department’s revealed that health authorities have reserved a total of 4,428 beds in seven government and 37 private hospitals to treat dengue and viral fever patients. However, 61 and 1105 beds in government and private hospitals are lying vacant.
Health officials, meanwhile, pointed out that the caseload of dengue will be declining from next week after witnessing a drop in the temperature and subsequent lowest reproduction rate among mosquitoes. With mosquitoes become inactive in winter season, the larva which turns into a mature mosquito in seven days, takes at least three weeks to become a mature male or female mosquito, if it survives. District health authorities, however, claimed that the graph of the dengue cases is showing a declining trend in the city as well as in trans-Ganga and Yamuna pockets.
Till November 5, the city has reported a total of 1,050 dengue cases, and 970 of them have recovered. While 37 are hospitalized, 43 of them are being treated at homes. The city has already reported six dengue deaths so far.
However, the health department is not taking any chance and has intensified anti-larval measures at 408 spots including 97 slums. District authorities, meanwhile, said anti-larva spraying has been intensified in 529 government schools.
Doctors , however, said that people should take precaution and not let water stagnate in their homes. They also advised the citizens to take all precautions to be safe from contracting the disease. “People should regularly clean areas and prevent mosquito breeding,” doctors added.