In a launch, he famous that the incidence of dengue within the union territory was now larger than what was seen final 12 months. As many as 1,175 sufferers have been admitted over the past 9 months in hospitals as towards 792 final 12 months.

All authorities hospitals in Puducherry have made required preparations and are nicely ready to cope with dengue instances, Director of Health G Sriramulu stated on Thursday.

The assertion comes after two dengue deaths have been reported within the union territory within the final two days.

In a launch, he famous that the incidence of dengue within the union territory was now larger than what was seen final 12 months. As many as 1,175 sufferers have been admitted over the past 9 months in hospitals as towards 792 final 12 months.

He claimed that the hospitals are leaving no stone unturned to organize themselves to sort out any medical emergency and appealed to the general public to not panic.

Calling upon the individuals to increase full cooperation by following ‘dos and dont’s to maintain the unfold of dengue at bay, Sriramulu stated already the well being division has adopted a number of measures to forestall proliferation of the mosquitoes and significantly the one which was accountable for the outbreak of dengue.

Normally dengue would emerge through the onset of southwest monsoon. “But now even before the monsoon began dengue has emerged in Puducherry,” the Director stated asking the individuals to strictly adhere to the preventive steps.

Fogging operations have been on in areas the place the dengue was intense, he stated.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister N Rangasamy held a joint assembly with officers of departments involved to evaluation the state of affairs. The Director of Health briefed the Chief Minister on the state of affairs.