Ask 10 friends to check for dengue larvae: CM

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Ask 10 friends to check for dengue larvae: CM

Monday, 23 September 2019 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

As part of the city Government’s ‘10 Hafte 10 Baje 10 Minute’ campaign, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday inspected his home for stagnant water to prevent the mosquito-borne diseases and appealed to people to encourage 10 of their friends over the phone to check their houses for dengue larvae.

Kejriwal also urged people to circulate the message on WhatsApp groups. "Today, after checking my house for 10 minutes, I called 10 of my friends and encouraged them to check their houses. This time we have to defeat dengue. #DilliKeChampion," he tweeted.

In a video posted on Twitter, Kejriwal can be seen inspecting his house for mosquito breeding. "From today onwards, we will do one more thing. Call up 10 of your friends and relatives and urge them to inspect their houses. Post the message on WhatsApp groups also and write, 'I have inspected my house for dengue. You also do the same'. This will help you become a champion against dengue," he said in the video.

Delhi minister Gopal Rai said he urged his friends to inspect their houses. His colleague, Rajendra Pal Gautam also tweeted pictures of him cleaning a water pot as a measure against mosquito-breeding.

"Another Sunday —Another day to check your house for Dengue larvae. But this time, I took it up a notch. I called up 10 of my friends and urged them to inspect their houses as well," Rai posted on Twitter.

The campaign from September 1 and November 15 to combat dengue has garnered a massive support from public and several other well-known personalities across the country, including cricketers, Bollywood actors and famous journalists. Bollywood actors Emran Hashmi, Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhaskar and filmmaker Mahesh Bhat, and several senior journalists, including Rajdeep Sardesai, Nidhi Razdan, Faye D'Souza, have supported the campaign.

Kejriwal had said participation of these public personalities will inspire common people to take precautions in combating this vector-borne disease. Chief Minister has also directed his colleagues in the Cabinet to work towards encouraging mass participation in the third week of the campaign. He along with his cabinet ministers and MLAs also visited residential areas of the city on last Sunday, requesting people to check mosquito breeding in their surroundings.

The chief minister had also said efforts like establishing Mohalla Clinics and fever clinics have led to 80 per cent decrease in dengue and Chikungunya cases in the last four years. The campaign will be continuing every Sunday till 15th November.

According to report of the municipal corporations, at least 93 cases of malaria have been traced in the national Capital in a month of September, taking the total number of patients suffering from the disease to 247 this year. This is the maximum number of malaria cases recorded in any month this year.

The number of dengue cases reported till September 14 stands at 171 with 49 fresh cases reported last week.  The city has also witnessed 60 cases of chikungunya this year, according to a municipal report released on last Monday.

As many as 56 malaria cases were reported in August, 54 in July, 35 in June, eight in May and a single case in April. In September, 79 cases of dengue have been recorded, 52 in August, 18 in July, 11 in June, and rest between January and May, according to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which tabulates the data on vector-borne diseases in the city. Meanwhile, mosquito-breeding has been reported in at least 1, 19,852 households and 99,448 legal notices have been issued this year.

Last year, 2,798 dengue cases and four deaths due to the disease were recorded by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which tabulates the data on vector-borne diseases in the city.

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