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Meeting held regarding prevention of Dengue & Chikungunya

Chandigarh, 23rd September, 2016: Discussion was held on 23.9.2016 by Director Health & Family Welfare, U.T. Chandigarh with the Civil Surgeon, Mohali and Civil Surgeon, Panchkula regarding cross border issues of Dengue & Chikungunya.
It was decided that the line list of all confirmed positive cases of Dengue & Chikungunya which are from the U.T. and the two Districts will be shared amongst the three.  Accordingly, intensive survey and vigilance drives will be made by the field staff of the respective Districts around the residence of the patient in order to control the spread of infection by curbing the breeding of mosquitoes especially in those areas.
It was also decided that the Home to Home drives to check water stagnation/collection and to stop breeding will be intensified in the Border areas. 
Today 18 cases of dengue has been reported from various health institutions which includes14 new cases and 4 confirmed amongst probable cases(till the release of press note)which brings the total number of Dengue cases to 222 in the city.Eleven new cases of Chickungunya have been reported by GMCH 32 and PGIMER.On field investigations it was observed that out of these four were reported as wrong address. The details of 20 cases of chickungunya detected in Chandigarh is; 6 imported, 5 wrong address and 9 from Chandigarh
To curb the spread of infection and breeding of mosquito, the department has started anti dengue drive from 4th of August 2016 under which  total houses checked 329609, coolers checked 147026, tyres checked 26775, containers checked 368862, overhead tanks 26206017, water bodies 6835, under construction building 1722 and notices issued 2640, challans 30 and show cause notices 50.

 To further strengthen the preventive activities, daily fumigation is being carried out alongwith strengthening of field activities which includes mass awareness, checking of breeding sources like coolers, containers, tyres and other sources. Today under dengue drive
Sr.No
Checked
Checked
Found positive ( for mosquitoes larvae)
1
Total number of houses
7209

2
Total number of coolers
2805
81
3
Total number of containers
10975
58
4
Total numbers of overhead tanks
4342
6
5
Total large water bodies
176

6
Total notices issued
27

Free Dengue testing facility is available at Department of Virology, PGIMER Chandigarh, Department of Microbiology GMCH-32, GMSH-16 and District Priority Lab (IDSP) at Civil Hospital Manimajra
The residents of Chandigarh are requested to take following precautionary measures with regard to Malaria and Dengue.
Do’s & Don’ts for prevention & Control of Malaria & Dengue
Ø Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your houses.
Ø Remove water from coolers and other small containers at least once in a week.
Ø Always keep house top tank properly covered.
Ø Do not throw discarded containers, tyres, pitchers and pots on the roof top.
Ø Do not wear clothes that expose arms & legs.
Ø Use mosquito nets or mosquito repellents while sleeping.
Ø Avoid the use of Aspirin for Fever and Body Ache during dengue season
Ø You may use natural herbal mosquito repellants like citronella oil, eucalyptus oil, neem oil or lemon grass extract.
In case of fever report to the nearest dispensary/ hospital.
“Early Diagnosis – Prompt Treatment”

Dengue Helpline Number: 9779558282

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