Sirmaur district registers 50 cases of Dengue:CMO

Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh witnessing outbreak of Dengue as according to district health officer 50 cases were registered sofar Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ajay Pathak informed that fogging is being done in Nahan and Paonta cities to deal with dengue. At the same time,  district diaster Management authority has been directed to conduct fogging of insecticidein all village where dengue cases are being reported. He said that a public awareness campaign is also launched in the area to educate masses to not allowed stagnation of rain water. Every day  new cases of dengue are being registered in district Sirmaur, due to which there is a stir among the people.  CMO said that around 17 cases of dengue is reported  in the district every day.  There has been a steady increase in cases in the last three-four days.  All these cases have been received from Nahan city and surrounding areas.  At the same time, the health department has become alert about the increasing cases of dengue.The department has given instructions to conduct dengue test of fever patients in all the hospitals of the district.  In the state Solan and Bilaspur district also affected by the dengue cases as cases are reported for last teo year.The prolonged monsoon rain and waterlogging in three distinct are main cause of dengue however in the Scrub Typhus is seasonal epidemic in the state.