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With Coimbatore territory receiving sporadic rains of the Northeast monsoon, the Health Department has stepped up preventive measures against vector-borne diseases, particularly dengue.
According to the department, the existent fig of dengue cases successful the district, which was 4 to 5 cases a week, was not alarming.
District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar reviews fever and dengue cases successful play meetings with the officials acrophobic each Monday.
The section has intensified precautionary measures crossed the district, with a absorption connected containing breeding of aedes aegypti, the superior vector of dengue.
P. Balusamy, Deputy Director of Health Services, said a full of 240 home breeding checkers (DBCs) are conducting location visits and different activities successful 12 blocks successful the territory (20 successful each block). The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has deployed 1,200 DBCs and each municipality panchayat successful the territory has 10 DBCs. Among municipalities, Pollachi has deployed 35 DBCs, Mettupalayam 30 and Karamadai 20.
“Domestic breeding checking is done, firstly astatine places from wherever affirmative cases of dengue are reported, secondly based connected fever IP (inpatient) cases and thirdly astatine places with precocious larval index,” helium said.
The mosquito larval density is assessed done location index, which calculates the percent of houses with mosquito larvae.
Dr. Balusamy added that retired of the 15 mobile aesculapian units successful the district, a twelve are functioning successful the 12 blocks, 2 successful Coimbatore Corporation and 1 successful Valparai. Every portion conducts 1 campy successful a colony successful the greeting and a 2nd campy successful different colony successful the afternoon.
