Centre To Send Expert Team To Monitor Delhi Dengue Situation. Hotspot Identification, Fogging To Be Done

While chairing a review meeting regarding the surge in the Dengue cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya made the announcement.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. (Source: Getty Images)

New Delhi: Amidst the spike in Dengue cases in the national capital, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday announced that on-ground initiatives like hotspot identification, fogging, and timely treatment of the disease will be carried out to curb the Dengue cases.

While chairing a review meeting regarding the surge in the Dengue cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya made the announcement.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chairs review meeting on dengue situation in Delhi

"On-ground initiatives like hotspot identification, fogging&timely treatment to be carried out. Centre is also sending a team of experts to States with rising Dengue cases," he says. pic.twitter.com/YUQ4mCyisf

— ANI (@ANI) November 1, 2021

Union Health Ministry is monitoring Dengue cases in Delhi and other States closely. An expert team will do detailed planning with the Delhi Government to monitor the dengue cases, awareness campaigns will also be run in schools. Necessary speed testing will be conducted, sources informed ANI.

Mansukh Mandaviya also stressed active coordination between the Centre and states. He further said that many poor people are not diagnosed properly and their death goes unreported, hence testing for dengue needs to be ramped up.

Delhi has reported more than 1,000 cases of dengue this year, with 531 news cases logged in the last week, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). As many as 6 people have succumbed to the disease this year, ANI reported.

531 new #Dengue cases reported in the last week in Delhi. 6 deaths have been reported this year so far: South Delhi Municipal Corporation pic.twitter.com/XJHiqbGkU9

— ANI (@ANI) November 1, 2021

As per the trend, Delhi witnesses the outbreak of the Dengue virus at the onset of the monsoon every year, which ends as the Winter season arrives. However, this year, the national capital is witnessing a surge in the Dengue cases which is still ongoing.

(With input from Agencies)