WITH 11 NEW CASES, DENGUE TALLY IN NOIDA REACHES 60

NOIDA: Eleven new cases of dengue were reported in Gautam Budh Nagar on Friday, taking the tally of such cases to 60 in the district, the highest in the last five years, said officials from the district health department.

Seven of the 11 cases are currently taking treatment at various hospitals.

According to an official data, the district reported 13 cases of dengue in 2017, 28 in 2018, 40 in 2019 and 27 cases in 2020.

The officials said the prevalence of the disease in Gautam Budh Nagar is lower than in nearby districts.

“While comparative data of the last five years shows that the district has maximum dengue cases this year, it is still better than nearby districts where the tally of dengue cases has breached the 300-mark. Compared to nearby districts like Ghaziabad or Meerut, Gautam Budh Nagar has been successful in controlling the outbreak of dengue. We have taken several measures and conducted scheduled programmes and drives to eliminate larvae breeding spots. We are also focusing on the areas from where maximum dengue cases are being reported,” said Dr Sunil Kumar Sharma, chief medical officer, Gautam Budh Nagar.

In the past one month, the district health department has found mosquito larvae at 30 places.

“As many as 18 notices have been issued in the last 10 days to those establishments where mosquito larvae were found. Notices have been issued under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention and Control of Malaria, Dengue, Kala Azar and any Vector Borne Disease Regulations, 2016. According to the rules, the inspecting officer can issue a notice to the owner or the occupier of any place where water is found accumulating, which become harbours for mosquito breeding,” said Rajesh Sharma, district malaria officer, Gautam Budh Nagar.

He added the department is continuing fogging and anti-larvae spraying drives in the district.