Anticipating a spurt within the variety of dengue circumstances after every week or so, the Health Department has intensified management measures in Coimbatore district. The counter measures are primarily aimed toward stopping the breeding of aedes aegypti mosquito, the first vector of the virus inflicting dengue.

P. Aruna, Deputy Director of Health Services, Coimbatore district, mentioned the spurt was anticipated because the district obtained good spells of summer season showers. “Chances of an increase in the breeding of mosquitoes are high as the rains have stopped. Health inspectors have been instructed to contact administrations of temples, mosques and churches to circulate village-specific awareness messages. Health inspectors have been asked to tie-up with scrap dealers who will collect waste materials, which may turn breeding ground for mosquitoes. The scrap dealers will visit a specific day in a village to collect such materials,” she mentioned

The division has additionally initiated mass cleansing drives in villages with the help of native our bodies. This was to take away breeding websites in vacant websites. “These activities are also done in view of the Southwest Monsoon arriving in June. The control measures are being taken in advance to prevent a possible spurt in cases,” Dr. Aruna mentioned.

On Wednesday, Health Department officers performed mass consciousness campaigns throughout the district as a part of observing the National Dengue Day.

People have been defined concerning the breeding of aedes aegypti mosquito, figuring out signs of dengue, locations the place exams are finished freed from value and hospitals the place affected individuals can search the therapy.

Dr. Aruna mentioned that two circumstances of dengue have been reported within the district prior to now two weeks in the course of the sentinel surveillance. Though viral fever circumstances are additionally being reported within the district, the numbers weren’t as excessive as in January and February. She appealed to the general public to take preventive measures on the family stage.