The Health Department has urged radical to instrumentality preventive measures similar removing mosquito breeding sites and utilizing mosquito repellents among others.
More than 4,000 cases of dengue were recorded successful West Bengal successful the past 2 weeks alone, taking this season’s full tally of the illness to implicit 27,000.
Also, a concerning displacement successful the dengue outbreak has emerged, with much cases being reported successful agrarian areas than municipality centres, officials said.
While cases successful the metropolitan areas similar Kolkata person shown a diminution erstwhile compared to the past year, the corruption complaint successful districts similar Murshidabad, Malda, and North 24 Parganas has surged dramatically, they added.
Of the 27,142 dengue cases recorded till November 18 successful the state, Kolkata accounted for 973 cases. Murshidabad territory unsocial has seen a surge successful corruption with 5,147 confirmed cases.
“We spot specified a spike successful dengue cases astir each twelvemonth astatine this time. The concern is nether control,” said an official.
The accelerated dispersed to agrarian areas, wherever entree to healthcare and vector power measures whitethorn beryllium limited, is simply a substance of concern, different authoritative said.
The Health Department has urged radical to instrumentality preventive measures similar removing mosquito breeding sites and utilizing mosquito repellents among others.