The Centre has suggested some actions to handle dengue outbreak situation in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district, which has so far recorded over 50 deaths due to the disease and viral fever.
In a letter to the UP chief secretary, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that a central team, which visited the district earlier, has found that majority of cases of viral fever and deaths among children in Firozabad were due to dengue, a few cases were of scrub typhus and leptospirosis.
He suggested a number of follow-up measures to contain the disease.
– All fever patients to be screened for dengue, malaria, scrub typhus and leptospirosis
– Need to strengthen ELISA based testing facilities.
– Activities related to fever survey, vector control and fever camps to continue as per micro plan submitted by the central team.
– Surveillance to be strengthened with implementation of IHIP in the district in coordination with CSU IDSP, NCDC.
– Entomological activities to be strengthened and continued as per standard guidelines.
– Isolation beds and admission facilities in District Hospital of Firozabad and neighboring districts to be augmented.
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