Chandigarh, 4th October, 2016: Over the last two days, 27 cases of Dengue has been reported from
various health institutions which includes 18 new cases and 9 confirmed amongst
probable cases(till the release of press note)which brings the total number of
Dengue cases to 471 in the city.8 fresh cases of Chickungunya have been
reported by GMCH 32 and PGIMER. The details of 68 cases of chickungunya
detected in Chandigarh is; 20 imported, 19 wrong address and 29 from
Chandigarh.
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
|
6465
|
|
|
2
|
Total number
of coolers
|
2512
|
71
|
|
3
|
Total number
of containers
|
8009
|
41
|
|
4
|
Total numbers
of overhead tanks
|
4510
|
7
|
|
5
|
Total large
water bodies
|
149
|
|
|
6
|
Total notices
issued
|
30
|
|
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
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