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12,000 Delhi premises conducive for mosquito breeding: Walia
Saturday June 23, 2012 08:43:08 AM,
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New Delhi: A total of
12,000 premises in the capital were found to be conducive for
mosquitoes' breeding from February to June this year, said Delhi
Health Minister A.K Walia as he directed civic agencies to
intensify efforts to fight dengue.
"As per the field checks conducted by domestic breeders, mosquito
breeding has been found in more than 12,000 premises till date as
compared to 7,653 premises found last year during the
corresponding period," said Walia in a press statement after a
review meeting.
"In the wake of sharp increase in mosquito breeding in a number of
localities in Delhi, the health minister directed civic agencies
to gear up to fight dengue," said a government official.
"Public health officials of all the local bodies and senior
officials of the Directorate of Health Services, Delhi and
Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme,
the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, and the National
Institute of Malaria were present in the meeting chaired by Walia.
Walia directed the medical superintendents of hospitals to ensure
timely diagnosis and treatment of dengue.
He also said that they must ensure there is sufficient arrangement
for platelets as the test kits have already been made available to
various hospitals by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
He said that domestic breeders should not only visit the premises
but also physically check air coolers and other potential places
of breeding.
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