In 2019 and 2020, the caseload was 1,207 and 1,377 respectively. There has been no dengue death in Haryana so far this season. The highest number of cases are from Panchkula (331), followed by the number Sirsa (272), Fatehabad (206), Sonipat (192), Gurgaon (189), Noah (175) and Faridabad (173). The least affected are Palwal (20). Karnal (38), Panipat (39), Rewari (43), and Jhajjar (57). Of the total 2,646 cases, 1,643 were reported in government hospitals and 1,003 in private hospitals.
Single donor platelets (SDPs) are now provided free of cost as against Rs 8,500 earlier, while the Haryana government has also claimed to double the speed and capacity of testing in all 27 laboratories in 22 districts.
Haryana Health Minister Anil Come Said: “We have directed health, urban local bodies and panchayati raj departments to intensify fogging, and have sent mobile teams to locate mosquito larvae and breeding grounds.” The state has deployed 1,410 hand-operated and 35 vehicle-mounted fogging machines besides releasing the larva-killer Gambusia fish in 7,167 water bodies.
Vij claimed that the state has enough beds to control this fever. covid. He added: “All those tested for dengue fever are also checked for Covid-19.” 37,883 people were tested for both conditions in two months. The government has deployed 420 Domestic Breeding Checkers (DBCs) in all districts for the transmission season (July to November).
Haryana’s constraints are the lack of backup from municipal bodies, when Vij is in charge of both the health and urban local body departments and had recently asked them to work together.
As of 30 September, 69,310 homeowners had received notices under municipal bye-laws for allowing mosquitoes to breed. Of these, 63,478 notices were from the health department, while only 5,832 were from civic bodies, in Gurgaon. Charkhi Dadri, And Rohtak districts.
Water stagnates around these houses. A senior official said, “A copy of every notice goes to the municipal bodies. If there was a follow-up or warning given to the families, people would have taken corrective measures.” Vij promised to look into the complaints of irregular fogging.
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