Centre reviews dengue situation

New Delhi, November 1

The Health Ministry on Monday held a meeting to review the dengue situation across the country and decided to depute teams of experts in high burden areas.

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After the meeting, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “Reviewed the dengue situation in Delhi and assured Centre’s full support. On-ground initiatives like hotspot identification, fogging and timely treatment will be carried out to curb disease. The Centre is also sending a team of experts to states with rising dengue cases.”

The minister asked Delhi officials and those in other states to consider repurposing Covid beds to treat dengue and directed Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to list states with high active cases for deployment of experts there.

Delhi has seen six dengue deaths and cases have touched 1,530. The minister stressed the need for coordination between Centre and States saying some hospitals were over-burdened while others had empty beds. — TNS