Dengue outbreak forces Bengal authorities to subject pointers

By Express News Service

KOLKATA: With round 38,000 dengue circumstances reported in West Bengal by September 20, the state authorities has issued a sequence of pointers making it clear that authorized actions can be initiated in opposition to property homeowners who don’t adjust to the preventive measures.

According to well being division officers, the state capital and its adjoining areas are the worst affected spheres.

The Union authorities alleged that the state authorities shouldn’t be sharing information with the Centre for its vector-borne illness management programme. Six individuals identified with dengue died previously 24 hours taking the toll to over 30 this 12 months.

According to the National Centre for Vector Borne Disease Control (NCVBDC), West Bengal had not shared information on dengue circumstances in 2018 and 2019 as effectively. “The West Bengal government has not given us any information about dengue cases. All other states have uploaded the information on their portals. The data helps the Centre send resources to the states to deal with dengue and malaria,” mentioned Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin in Delhi final week.

According to the NCVBDC, West Bengal registered the very best variety of dengue circumstances within the nation final 12 months which was 67,271 and not less than 30 deaths.

“The state government issued the guideline after chief secretary H.K. Dwivedi held a meeting with the district magistrates on Monday. It has been decided that legal action will be initiated against private property owners if they do not comply with dengue preventive measures which include cleanliness and not allowing storage of clean water in open containers,” mentioned an official of the state well being division.

The pointers additionally requested the central authorities organisations like railways and Metro authorities to take up correct cleansing actions inside their premises together with satisfactory preventive actions at their development websites.

“Leave of all the officials and staff associated with dengue management throughout the state will remain cancelled till the situation improves,” mentioned the official.

According to the state well being division, the 15 districts of south Bengal are the worst affected areas from the place 34,905 circumstances have been reported.

“The scenario in North 24 Parganas is the worst followed by Kolkata, Murshidabad, Nadia and Hooghly. Other than Kolkata and Hooghly, three other districts share a border with Bangladesh which is facing a dengue outbreak. Mosquitos biting an infected person may spread the disease further. The strains of India and Bangladesh may also be different,” mentioned one other well being division official.

KOLKATA: With round 38,000 dengue circumstances reported in West Bengal by September 20, the state authorities has issued a sequence of pointers making it clear that authorized actions can be initiated in opposition to property homeowners who don’t adjust to the preventive measures.

According to well being division officers, the state capital and its adjoining areas are the worst affected spheres.

The Union authorities alleged that the state authorities shouldn’t be sharing information with the Centre for its vector-borne illness management programme. Six individuals identified with dengue died previously 24 hours taking the toll to over 30 this 12 months.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

According to the National Centre for Vector Borne Disease Control (NCVBDC), West Bengal had not shared information on dengue circumstances in 2018 and 2019 as effectively. “The West Bengal government has not given us any information about dengue cases. All other states have uploaded the information on their portals. The data helps the Centre send resources to the states to deal with dengue and malaria,” mentioned Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin in Delhi final week.

According to the NCVBDC, West Bengal registered the very best variety of dengue circumstances within the nation final 12 months which was 67,271 and not less than 30 deaths.

“The state government issued the guideline after chief secretary H.K. Dwivedi held a meeting with the district magistrates on Monday. It has been decided that legal action will be initiated against private property owners if they do not comply with dengue preventive measures which include cleanliness and not allowing storage of clean water in open containers,” mentioned an official of the state well being division.

The pointers additionally requested the central authorities organisations like railways and Metro authorities to take up correct cleansing actions inside their premises together with satisfactory preventive actions at their development websites.

“Leave of all the officials and staff associated with dengue management throughout the state will remain cancelled till the situation improves,” mentioned the official.

According to the state well being division, the 15 districts of south Bengal are the worst affected areas from the place 34,905 circumstances have been reported.

“The scenario in North 24 Parganas is the worst followed by Kolkata, Murshidabad, Nadia and Hooghly. Other than Kolkata and Hooghly, three other districts share a border with Bangladesh which is facing a dengue outbreak. Mosquitos biting an infected person may spread the disease further. The strains of India and Bangladesh may also be different,” mentioned one other well being division official.