New Delhi, October 1
Admitting that the Capital was under the grip of deadly dengue, Delhi Health Minister Yoganand Shastri today said despite more than 100 cases added in the last one week itself there was no cause for panic.
Additional steps like deploying another 2,400 personnel for fumigation and fogging in all areas of the Capital, launching a special drive to clean coolers in government offices and creating awareness among the people against mosquito breeding were being taken to keep the situation under control, the minister said.
“As of now 448 cases of dengue have been reported of which 201 were from outside Delhi — 118 from Uttar Pradesh and 40 from Haryana. Effectively there are just 247 cases of Delhi.”
Last Sunday, the reported figure was 327, which rose to 448 today, registering an increase of 121 in just one week. But there was no reason to press the panic button as several effective steps have been taken, besides the ones already in place to deal with the situation, Mr Shastri told mediapersons after the 30-minute “review meeting” with Lt Governor B.L. Joshi this afternoon.
Meanwhile, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where a student died yesterday due to the viral fever, of the 35 dengue patients admitted are 18 resident doctors, students and nurses from the institute.
Yesterday the figure was 22. However, officials at AIIMS said none of them were serious.
“The one in ICU was stable,”
they said. There was no cause for panic, they added despite the fact that the hospital had to call an emergency meeting to address the problem on the
campus.
LUCKNOW: Two persons have died of dengue and as many as 40 cases of suspected dengue have been reported in different parts of Uttar Pradesh since the past one month, according to Health Department sources here.
Several people are also under treatment for the disease at various private and government hospitals, they said.
About 40 cases have come to light in Lucknow, Agra, Ambedkarnagar, Hardoi and Saharanpur districts and steps have been initiated to control the situation, they said.
— UNI/PTI
