Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 3: The Central government has sent a high-level team to nine states and Union territories that have a higher caseload of dengue infection to support them in public health measures for control and management of the infection.
The states and UTs where the Centre has rushed its team are Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. The ministry informed that the teams are asked to assist and support the states to mount an effective public health response. These teams will also report on the status of vector control, availability and use of insecticides etc.
“A total of 15 states/UTs are reporting their maximum cases in the current year; these states contribute 86% of the country’s total dengue cases till October 31,” the Centre said in a release on Wednesday. A total of 1,16,991 dengue cases are being reported by states and UTs across the country, reads the release of ministry.
Earlier on Monday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a review meeting in Delhi over the management of dengue cases, where he directed health officials to help the states in the matter.
