BHUBANESWAR: The past 10 days have witnessed 40 new circumstances of dengue within the state. While 38 circumstances had been recorded until June three, the quantity now stands at 78, with Khurda district recording the utmost - 30 - circumstances.
Bhubaneswar, which falls underneath the district, has recorded 28 circumstances since January. Of those, 19 circumstances and a demise were recorded this month, an professional stated. The affected areas of the town are Nabard colony, Chandrasekharpur BDA Colony, Nalco Phase-1 and Phase-II colonies and Nilamadhab Basti.
Director, well being services, Braja Kishore Brahma stated the state executive had taken essential steps to comprise the disease.
"We are taking all steps to check the spread of the disease. Awareness drives have been intensified here to sensitize people about the dos and don'ts," he added. He stated 20 volunteers had been engaged to create awareness a number of the folks.
"We are spraying larvacide on stagnant water to stop the breeding of mosquitoes. We are also conducting fogging in some areas to control the population of mosquitoes," he added.
He also appealed to the folks to switch water stored in numerous packing containers daily to prevent the breeding of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads dengue.
Bhubaneswar, which falls underneath the district, has recorded 28 circumstances since January. Of those, 19 circumstances and a demise were recorded this month, an professional stated. The affected areas of the town are Nabard colony, Chandrasekharpur BDA Colony, Nalco Phase-1 and Phase-II colonies and Nilamadhab Basti.
Director, well being services, Braja Kishore Brahma stated the state executive had taken essential steps to comprise the disease.
"We are taking all steps to check the spread of the disease. Awareness drives have been intensified here to sensitize people about the dos and don'ts," he added. He stated 20 volunteers had been engaged to create awareness a number of the folks.
"We are spraying larvacide on stagnant water to stop the breeding of mosquitoes. We are also conducting fogging in some areas to control the population of mosquitoes," he added.
He also appealed to the folks to switch water stored in numerous packing containers daily to prevent the breeding of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads dengue.
Odisha sees 40 cases of dengue in last 10 days
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