Hoshiarpur:- Under the state-level campaign 'Har Pashto Dengue Te Vaar' being run by the Health and Family Welfare Department Punjab for dengue prevention, anti-dengue and awareness activities were conducted on a large scale in various schools of Hoshiarpur district today. On this occasion, Civil Surgeon Hoshiarpur Dr. Balbir Kumar visited various schools along with District Epidemiologist Dr. Jagdeep.
Similarly, District Family Welfare Officer Dr. Ranjit Singh, Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr. Ajay Basra and District Health Officer Dr. Jatinder Bhatia also visited various schools and conducted dengue awareness activities. The Civil Surgeon said that teams of the Health Department went to various schools of the city and identified the breeding sources of mosquitoes and took immediate action to destroy them.
He said that at the places where larvae were found, instructions were given to school teachers and students about immediate cleaning, source reduction and water drainage. A total of 1792 houses and schools were inspected by the teams of the Health Department in Hoshiarpur city today, out of which mosquito larvae were found at 24 places, which were destroyed on the spot.
It is worth mentioning that so far 199 dengue and 10 chikungunya cases have been registered in Hoshiarpur district. He said that unused water in houses, coolers, roofs, flower pots, old tires, polythene bags or other places where water accumulates are the most dangerous for the breeding of dengue mosquitoes.
Therefore, it was explained to them that it is very important to scrub and dry all water containers once a week, so that the cycle of mosquito reproduction can be broken. Therefore, visits by government teams alone are not enough, every person should regularly clean their home and surrounding environment.
He also said that people have been made aware about the symptoms of dengue—such as high fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, body aches, joint pain and chills. If anyone feels these symptoms, they should immediately get checked at the nearest government health facility, as timely treatment can prevent the disease from becoming serious.