Nawanshahr - Under the guidelines of Civil Surgeon Dr Jaspreet Kaur District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and Senior Medical Officer Dr Gitajali Singh ji, common people were made aware to avoid dengue disease. Under the same campaign, health officer Mr. Ghan Sham gave detailed information about dengue disease, its symptoms, prevention and treatment of this disease to the villagers today at Daulatpur village. 
  Health officer Mr. Ghan Sham said that it is very important for people to be aware of this disease in order to control the vector borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. Told about the dengue mosquito that this disease is caused by the bite of a mosquito called AIDS aegypti. The dengue mosquito turns from an egg into a full mosquito in a week. The dengue mosquito has black and white stripes on its body. 
This mosquito bites only during the day. To prevent this mosquito, keep water tanks etc. covered, use mosquito nets while sleeping at night, wear clothes that cover the whole body, and mosquito repellent devices. Dengue can be prevented by using He said that under the slogan "Har Shukrwar Dengu Te War" by the Health Department, people are being made aware once a week to clean their coolers, pots, refrigerators and other places where unnecessary water is standing. 
He said that there is no need to fear dengue disease, but some precautions need to be taken to avoid this disease. He said that this disease can be controlled by destroying the sources of mosquito breeding. Giving further information, he said that if a person has any symptoms like high fever, headache, pain in the eyes, joints and body, loss of appetite etc., then he should go to the nearest government health institution and consult a specialist. Get your doctor thoroughly checked up. 
He said that all the tests and treatment of dengue disease are done absolutely free in all the government hospitals. In this dengue awareness campaign full support was given by Asha worker Smt Jeevan Jyoti and the villagers.