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Chikungunya hits 21 mandals in Kadapa
Wednesday March 29 2006 15:26 IST
<SMALL>KADAPA: Chikungunya has affected about 8,000 persons in 75 villages in 21 mandals besides Kadapa Municipal Corporation limits in the district but no deaths have been reported.
According to the district medical and health department officials, the disease is spreading to other parts and they have taken up awareness campaigns about the steps to arrest its spread to new areas.
District Medical and Health Officer K Pitchi Reddy said on Tuesday that Chikun gunya was not caused from eating chicken but spreads through the tiger mosquito which breeds in fresh water and bites during daytime. He advised people not to store drinking water for long and keep the containers clean.
He said chikun gunya causes high fever coupled with severe body pains and could be cured easily with paracetmol.
The tiger mosquito usually does not survive beyond 30 degrees C and with the soaring temperatures of summer the incidence of the disease will come down, he explained.
The blood samples collected from the patients were sent for analysis to Pune and fogging was taken up in the affected areas. An action plan was chalked out with the Malaria Department and NGOs to take preventive measures.
Meanwhile, Kadapa Mayor P Ravindranatha Reddy said that all preventive measures had been taken to prevent the spread of the disease in the town. He said that chikun gunya was prevalent in Yerramukkapalli, Nagarajupet, Chemmumiapet, Akkayapalli and Ashoknagar in the town and medical teams were deployed there and free medicines were being distributed.
8,000 people down with the disease in 75 villages</SMALL>
Chikungunya hits 21 mandals in Kadapa
Wednesday March 29 2006 15:26 IST
<SMALL>KADAPA: Chikungunya has affected about 8,000 persons in 75 villages in 21 mandals besides Kadapa Municipal Corporation limits in the district but no deaths have been reported.
According to the district medical and health department officials, the disease is spreading to other parts and they have taken up awareness campaigns about the steps to arrest its spread to new areas.
District Medical and Health Officer K Pitchi Reddy said on Tuesday that Chikun gunya was not caused from eating chicken but spreads through the tiger mosquito which breeds in fresh water and bites during daytime. He advised people not to store drinking water for long and keep the containers clean.
He said chikun gunya causes high fever coupled with severe body pains and could be cured easily with paracetmol.
The tiger mosquito usually does not survive beyond 30 degrees C and with the soaring temperatures of summer the incidence of the disease will come down, he explained.
The blood samples collected from the patients were sent for analysis to Pune and fogging was taken up in the affected areas. An action plan was chalked out with the Malaria Department and NGOs to take preventive measures.
Meanwhile, Kadapa Mayor P Ravindranatha Reddy said that all preventive measures had been taken to prevent the spread of the disease in the town. He said that chikun gunya was prevalent in Yerramukkapalli, Nagarajupet, Chemmumiapet, Akkayapalli and Ashoknagar in the town and medical teams were deployed there and free medicines were being distributed.
8,000 people down with the disease in 75 villages</SMALL>