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Toll 8, YSR declares ?war? on mosquitoes
The official death toll in the dengue outbreak went up to eight on Wednesday and Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy declared ?war? against mosquitoes. He launched ?Operation Dengue? to take up anti-larval operations and sensitise people. Dr Reddy told mediapersons after an emergency meet with district collectors that the official machinery would engage itself in Operation Dengue every Friday for 10 weeks. An official note gave the break-up of deaths from dengue as two from Vizianagaram, one each from Adilabad, Anantapur, Kadapa, East Godavari, Guntur, Ranga Reddy and Khammam. There were no deaths due to chikungunya or Japanese encephalitis. The note stated that 64 out of 126 reported cases were confirmed as dengue, of the 77,467 suspected cases 248 were confirmed as chikungunya. There were 23,215 cases of confirmed malaria, and 13 suspected cases of japanese encephalities.
Operation Dengue, the Chief Minister said, would include awareness campaigns and rallies, anti-larval operations, identifying dengue cases and shifting them to hospitals. ?We have asked officials to ensure that at least two members from each family participate in the rallies,? he said. He said the government had released Rs 18 lakhs for each district and orders were issued to immediately release Rs 20 lakh. The government will release another Rs 20 lakh in a few days. Besides, collectors were asked to appoint doctors and health personnel through walk-in interviews. Dr Reddy said the government would begin spraying DDT. Facilities to diagnose dengue had been created in all teaching hospitals. In Nellore, health minister K. Rosaiah said the government would establish task forces to be headed by district collectors. He said there was no paucity of funds to prevent epidemics. He said district collectors had been authorised to draw funds whenever necessary. A report from Kakinada said laboratories were overcharging patients who come for diagnostic tests. Patients were being charged from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 per test. Patients with high fever, severe headache, shivering, muscle pains ? symptoms common to both chikungunya and dengue ? were going in for the test.
Toll 8, YSR declares ?war? on mosquitoes
The official death toll in the dengue outbreak went up to eight on Wednesday and Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy declared ?war? against mosquitoes. He launched ?Operation Dengue? to take up anti-larval operations and sensitise people. Dr Reddy told mediapersons after an emergency meet with district collectors that the official machinery would engage itself in Operation Dengue every Friday for 10 weeks. An official note gave the break-up of deaths from dengue as two from Vizianagaram, one each from Adilabad, Anantapur, Kadapa, East Godavari, Guntur, Ranga Reddy and Khammam. There were no deaths due to chikungunya or Japanese encephalitis. The note stated that 64 out of 126 reported cases were confirmed as dengue, of the 77,467 suspected cases 248 were confirmed as chikungunya. There were 23,215 cases of confirmed malaria, and 13 suspected cases of japanese encephalities.
Operation Dengue, the Chief Minister said, would include awareness campaigns and rallies, anti-larval operations, identifying dengue cases and shifting them to hospitals. ?We have asked officials to ensure that at least two members from each family participate in the rallies,? he said. He said the government had released Rs 18 lakhs for each district and orders were issued to immediately release Rs 20 lakh. The government will release another Rs 20 lakh in a few days. Besides, collectors were asked to appoint doctors and health personnel through walk-in interviews. Dr Reddy said the government would begin spraying DDT. Facilities to diagnose dengue had been created in all teaching hospitals. In Nellore, health minister K. Rosaiah said the government would establish task forces to be headed by district collectors. He said there was no paucity of funds to prevent epidemics. He said district collectors had been authorised to draw funds whenever necessary. A report from Kakinada said laboratories were overcharging patients who come for diagnostic tests. Patients were being charged from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 per test. Patients with high fever, severe headache, shivering, muscle pains ? symptoms common to both chikungunya and dengue ? were going in for the test.