Kolkata:
At least six people have died of dengue this monsoon season in West Bengal
after which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued instructions to remove
the stagnant water in urban areas so that mosquito larvae cannot breed.
Health
department officials said the first dengue death was reported in June end and
so far six people have died.
“So
far in our state we had witnessed strain one and three of dengue virus, but
since last year we are seeing a shift to strain two and four. Mortality is
higher in these two strains as it quickly leads to multiple organ failure,”
state Director of Health Services Biswaranjan Satpathy said.
During
a health review meeting, Banerjee asked the department to issue an advisory to
remove stagnant water from market places, schools, hospitals, railway stations,
bus stands among others.
All
panchayats and urban local bodies have been asked to remain careful about cases
of unidentified fever, malaria, dengue, diarrhoea etc, which are prevalent in
the rainy season.
Banerjee
said she has also asked the school education department to issue an advisory to
schools to maintain cleanliness in their campus. Officials said 41 urban local
bodies in the state are at risk and they have been asked to increase
cleanliness activities including removal of stagnant water.
According
to, the government of India, dengue has so far claimed 12 lives this rainy
season as about 8,000 cases were reported in the country, with Karnataka
registering five deaths.
Kerala
and Odisha have registered maximum number of cases with 2,252 and 2,171
incidents respectively.
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