With thousands of cases of dengue across the city creating panic among people, the MCD’s false claims of “controlling dengue” stand exposed and the statistics are likely to go higher in the coming weeks as there is no let up in dengue cases being reported, said a few dengue watchers.
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Of all civic zones in the town, Najafgarh Zone of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has recorded the very best quantity with 832 cases.
“This year’s dengue outbreak followed the cyclic trend which originates after four to five years”. Dengue is spread through the bite of female Aedes mosquitoes. Mortaza was hospitalized Friday with a diagnosis of dengue fever. “We are talking to scientists across the world regarding various such experimentations so that dengue does not occur next year”, he said. “Government should focus on preventive measures instead”.
“Year 1996 has the worst track record of dengue”.
However, hospitals are reporting a definite dip in cases since the last two weeks. “Other virals like influenza and H1N1, which grow in cold temperatures, start surfacing from November usually”, said a senior health department official.
Till October 3, at least 7,606 dengue cases and 25 deaths were reported.
The civic administration up to date its official dying toll to 32, based on a municipal report on the vector-borne illness launched at this time.
995 cases were registered in entire 2014 while in 2013 it stood at 5574. In September alone, 6,775 cases were reported, bringing the city total to 9,438, including 41 deaths in the national capital.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation, which has seen 2,561 cases, had taken steps to control the mosquito population despite a lack of funds, said Mayor Ravinder Gupta. Almost 590 cases were reported from areas outside the jurisdiction of Delhi, while 641 cases addresses given by patients in hospital records could not be verified by municipal authorities.
Last year, the city had reported three deaths and recorded almost 1,000 cases.
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Half the cases are reported from Western province, while more than 6,000 cases were reported from the capital city of Colombo. The cases multiplied three times as compared to the data of second week of September which had recorded over 600 cases.
