The drop in the temperature is also proving to be effective in curbing the menace of the dengue as the number of patients suffering from the vector-borne disease is showing a progressive decline.
On Monday, the district health authorities reported eight new cases of the disease. With these cases, the number of dengue affected patients in the State Capital has climbed to 4,800. Similarly, on Saturday, the department had reported only 11 cases of the disease. It is in sharp contrast to the things about 15 days ago when the department was reporting close to 100 dengue patients daily.
The district vector-borne diseases officer, Subhash Joshi, said that all these cases of the disease were reported by the laboratory of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital on Monday. The health department has set up facility of Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test at GDMC, Coronation, Gandhi eye, SPS Rishikesh and CHC Raipur hospitals. The laboratory of the GDMC hospital so far has tested 14,468 samples of suspected patients and out o which 1,787 have been found positive. He said that there is no need of panic for the disease but advised people to ensure that breeding grounds inside and in the vicinity of their houses is destroyed.
