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Dengue: Home safety first, say health officials
KEEPING SAFE from dengue is just a matter of precaution. This can be better done by residents and not by the health department, claim health bosses.
KEEPING SAFE from dengue is just a matter of precaution. This can be better done by residents and not by the health department, claim health bosses.
Even though fogging and house sprays are done to check spread of vector borne diseases from mosquitoes to human it fails to curb the growth of these bloodsuckers inside houses, say officials.
It is not that fogging cannot check mosquitoes but the fact is that dengue mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) germinates in household objects like ornamental tanks, dessert coolers, water pocket at the back of fridge and other similar things.
It does not breed along the gutter or the stagnant water outside houses while the fogging cannot reach inside the house. It fails to cover multi-storeyed buildings.
Hence to keep these bloodsuckers away the best way is to remove stagnant water.
“It is a usual practice during fogging that the residents close their doors and windows hence the effect of fogging remains zero inside houses. Thus mosquitoes inside houses remain safe to bite humans,” said district malaria officer Dr AK Singh.
Meanwhile, with ten suspected cases of dengue reported from Alambagh area, the health officials are working hard there to concentrated restrict the number of cases.
“Dengue mosquitoe is usually found in the areas where there are multi-storeyed buildings but contrary to the famous belief these cases have come up from an area where there are no such buildings,” said Dr Singh.
“We are yet to get a confirmed case of dengue from the patients admitted to the KGMU,” said Dr Vimla Venkatesh of the department of Micriobiology at KGMU.
Meanwhile, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation is carrying out intensive fogging in Zone 5 from where the maximum cases of suspected dengue have been reported till date.
