Mangalore: Chikungunya in Sullia, Puttur

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Source: http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=74344

SULLIA/MANGALORE April 13: There is fear of a large-scale outbreak of Chikungunya in dozens of villages in the twin taluks of Sullia and Puttur. The worst affected villages are, Kamila, Panja, Katta, Guthigaru, Kayambadi of Sullia taluk and Balya, Kadaba, Kottrupadi, Kodimbala, Aiathoor villages of Puttur taluk.

Confirming this, District Health Officer H. Jagannath said that over 1,000 people in these areas were suffering from viral fever and had shown symptoms similar to that of Chikungunya. Of them, 150 are suspected to have been infected. The current situation has been building up over the last fortnight.

In Panja village, 40 km from Puttur, health workers and epidemic control units were found in a state of frenzied activity on Friday. The team collected several samples of blood from people who complained of fever and joint pain in the last 24 hours. District entomologist, Muktha Achar, said the recent rains were the cause of several mosquito breeding sites in the area.

Speaking to The Hindu from Bangalore, the Principal Health Secretary Madan Gopal also confirmed that the main cause of the outbreak was the unseasonable rain witnessed recently. He also said that an increase in the seasonal movement of migrant labourers might have boosted the dispersion of the virus.Mr. Gopal said that he had deputed Deputy Director of Health Vasudeva Rao to the affected area. Mr. Rao, who is in- charge of controlling vector borne diseases such as Chikungunya, malaria and filaria, would be camping in the affected region for three days, starting Saturday.

A hurriedly organised meeting of top officials from the District Health Department and senior administrators was held in Puttur on Friday on the orders of Mr. Gopal. At the meeting, the officials agreed upon a micro plan for the control of the virus. The plan would be implemented with immediate effect, said Deputy Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao, one of the members at the meeting.

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Re: Mangalore: Chikungunya in Sullia, Puttur

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Mangalore, Jun 1: Krishna Palemar, the newly-named minister from Dakshina Kannada (DK) district, said that his first priority will be to eradicate Chikungunya from the region.

He said this during a discussion with Deputy Commissioner (DC) M Maheshwar Rao at Circuit House, on Sunday, June 1, soon after he reached the city from Bangalore. Palemar sought information about the precautionary measures taken by the district administration in combating Chikungunya across the district, especially in remote areas.

He was informed by the DC that homeopathic medicines were distributed to residents in Chikungunya affected areas such as Sullia and Puttur taluks to prevent the contagious disease from spreading further.

Palemar urged the DC to bring in fogging machines from neighbouring districts to defeat the menace of Chikungunya at the earliest.

In an earlier address to media persons, the minister said that C G Kamath, Narayan Shetty, and Ullal Srinivas Mallya, who have made significant contributions to the development of the district are his role models.

He asserted that he had been successful in maintaining peace and harmony in his communally sensitive assembly constituency, and would work towards extending this to the district.

Palemar also had a word of caution for government officials. "I will try my best to maintain cordial relations with all the officers of the district, but I will not allow any officer to waste his time by giving silly reasons," he stated.

Speaking about the road work on the National Highway between Suratkal and B C Road, he said that it was in full swing with contractors on the job day and night to complete it at the earliest. Hence, the protests alleging slow pace of road work were unjustified, he opined.

Palemar added that the special task force he had previously formed, at his own expense, to help the poor would be extended to the whole district. He asked for co-operation from neighbouring MLAs to make this effort a successful one.

The minister assured that finding a permanent solution to the sea erosion issue and the SEZ matter would top his agenda. BJP district president Monappa Bhandary, BJP leaders Umanath Kotian, Shrikar Prabhu, and others were also present.

 

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Re: Mangalore: Chikungunya in Sullia, Puttur

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'New home work' for children on Sunday

Mangalore, June 2: District administration has decided to make use of high school students to put a ?break? for the breeding of Chikungunya infected mosquitoes, at an official meet on Chikungunya held under the presidentship of Deputy Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao here on Saturday.

DC directed ZP CEO A M Kunjappa to send a circular to all the schools requesting the students to undertake the work on cleaning the surroundings of their house on Sunday. It was also decided to advertise in media to lure the children.

Rao directed the health department to keep an eye on the spread of chikungunya in Sullia, Belthangady and Puttur taluks.

He said all the measures taken to contain the spread of Chikungunya should be followed strictly. An awareness programme on the control of chikungunya should be held in every gram panchayats. Team of doctors should visit villages. Check up units should be opened in those areas where the chikungunya cases are rampant. The units should be open for atleast 2 to 3 hours to distribute medicines daily. Vehicle arrangement should be made for the transportation of health staff to the units.

He said taluk level committees have been constituted. They will have direct contact with the medical colleges. Committee officials can seek any help from the Medical Colleges.

The meet also discussed on the Malaria in City. Dr Suresh informed the meeting that Malaria control is not possible owing to the construction of buildings. Labourers who come from outside the district get Malaria. They do not undergo treatment properly. DC directed the officials to take down the address, mobile number of all those who come for the treatment of Malaria.

DHO Dr Jagannath, CEO A M Kunjappa, MCC Commissioner P K Subbaiah, Health and Family Welfare department Divisional Director Ravikumar were present.