BMC focus on destroying mosquito breeding sources, dengue awareness
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Bhubaneswar: With the city reporting 114 dengue cases so far this year, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is focusing on spreading awareness about the disease, its symptoms, transmission and preventive measures in every household.
The initiative assumes significance as a survey by the health wing of BMC revealed that larvae of Aedes mosquito, carriers of the dengue virus, were found more in containers outside rather than in households. In 20 household samples, mosquito larvae were found. On the other hand, larvae were found in water samples from 30 containers.
"Clean water stagnating in such places ultimately turns into larvae breeding grounds, leading to the growth of Aedes mosquitoes," said a BMC officer.
BMC allayed fears by stating the test positivity rate was around 1.3% per 100 samples, which is not alarming.
"If the average daily testing number is 246, it can be inferred that two cases are reported daily, which is not at all alarming. Most of the cases were reported in June and July as the monsoon arrived a bit early this time," said BMC additional commissioner Suvendu Sahu.
Since then, 100 more volunteers have been engaged, apart from regular personnel, improving surveillance.
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These volunteers focus on generating awareness and reducing mosquito breeding sources. The Urban Malaria Surveillance Unit (UMSU) has been overseeing the initiative, according to the BMC officer.
City health officer Deepak Bisoyi said fogging is yet to start as it is not conducive on rainy and cloudy days. "We will start fogging very soon. All mosquito breeding sources have been destroyed so far," said Bisoyi. He further said, "We are implementing a grassroots approach to be able to reach every household in the capital city."
Earlier, BMC wrote to industrial clusters, various offices and agencies maintaining parks to take strict measures to destroy mosquito breeding sources. Industrial premises, parks and vacant spaces mostly turn into mosquito dens during the monsoon and until Oct. "We have written to Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) so that it directs the industrial clusters to maintain cleanliness on their premises.
They should ensure that no empty container, regardless of size, is left open during the rainy season because water collects in them," Sahu said.
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