65 dengue cases in July, MCD ramps up preventive measures

The MCD began surveying flood-hit and other areas to take measures and prevent outbreak of water-borne diseases.

The MCD has sprayed medicine at 37,702 houses in the last week. A total of 9.78 lakh house visits have been made by domestic breeding checkers (DBC) in the last week, out of which mosquito breeding sites were detected at 16,582 houses.

The MCD is also issuing notices to residents living in mosquito-genic conditions — 5,524 notices were issued in the last week and 2,495 prosecutions have been launched.

“Our dengue operations go on throughout the year and not just during dengue-malaria-chikungunya season… DCB workers are visiting as many houses as possible, fieldworkers are spraying medicine, and special emphasis is being laid on recognising areas where mosquitoes are breeding,” an MCD official said.

According to the official, all equipment for dengue control is in place. Meanwhile, MCD hospitals are also preparing to deal with cases. Due to the changing nature of the dengue virus, the corporation has to often adopt new methods and medicines, said officials.

“In case of a virus like dengue, there is no permanent solution and only precautionary methods can be adopted by the corporation to limit its spread…,” he said.