Health ministry deputes high-level staff to UP for dengue administration in Firozabad, Agra, Etawah
3 min readBy Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has deputed a high-level multi-disciplinary staff to Uttar Pradesh to collaborate with the state authorities in instituting public well being measures for dengue administration in Firozabad, Agra and Etawah districts, that are reporting excessive numbers of dengue circumstances.
The six-member staff includes specialists drawn from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control and Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, New Delhi, in line with an announcement issued by the ministry.
The staff is headed by Dr V Okay Chaudhary, senior Regional Director, Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare, Lucknow.
The ministry mentioned the committee will work carefully with the state well being departments, take a inventory on the bottom state of affairs and suggest needed public well being interventions to handle the growing circumstances of Dengue being reported by the state.
Uttar Pradesh has been reporting a substantial variety of dengue circumstances lately. Officials mentioned about 140 dengue circumstances had been reported on October 13 with Lucknow reporting 39 and Prayagraj 46 situations of the vector-borne illness.
The variety of dengue circumstances reported in Lucknow on a median day by day has been 35 to 40 whereas in Bareilly and Budaun it has been within the vary of 15-20, officers added.
The day by day common in Noida is 4 to 5 and in Ghaziabad seven to eight. A fortnight in the past, Jaunpur district had reported a day by day common of 14 to fifteen dengue circumstances however now it has dropped to 8-10, the official added.
NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has deputed a high-level multi-disciplinary staff to Uttar Pradesh to collaborate with the state authorities in instituting public well being measures for dengue administration in Firozabad, Agra and Etawah districts, that are reporting excessive numbers of dengue circumstances.
The six-member staff includes specialists drawn from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control and Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, New Delhi, in line with an announcement issued by the ministry.
The staff is headed by Dr V Okay Chaudhary, senior Regional Director, Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare, Lucknow.
The ministry mentioned the committee will work carefully with the state well being departments, take a inventory on the bottom state of affairs and suggest needed public well being interventions to handle the growing circumstances of Dengue being reported by the state.
Uttar Pradesh has been reporting a substantial variety of dengue circumstances lately. Officials mentioned about 140 dengue circumstances had been reported on October 13 with Lucknow reporting 39 and Prayagraj 46 situations of the vector-borne illness.
The variety of dengue circumstances reported in Lucknow on a median day by day has been 35 to 40 whereas in Bareilly and Budaun it has been within the vary of 15-20, officers added.
The day by day common in Noida is 4 to 5 and in Ghaziabad seven to eight. A fortnight in the past, Jaunpur district had reported a day by day common of 14 to fifteen dengue circumstances however now it has dropped to 8-10, the official added.
