New Delhi: offered by early advent of Monsoon the Ministry of Health said all ports, sea and land to check the disease transmitted by the vector and carry out control measures.
Diseases include dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever. India is experiencing a large number of deaths due to the disease transmitted by the vector.
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Last year, India announced 233,519 cases of dengue, 297 deaths and 17 930 cases of Chikungunya.
Communication of the Ministry of Health issued 7. May emphasize key measures to be taken to strengthen measures of supervision and vector to alleviate health risks during monsoon because this is the best time to outbreak of vector diseases.
“Before monsoon situational analysis and surveys of larval habitats. Observe and report symptoms of illness in employees/passengers, vector diseases of approximately 400 meters of the surrounding areas of entry, micro-map mosquitoes for targeted interventions.”
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Government scientists are afraid that this year the number of diseases transmitted by the vector will increase if the monsoon is soon. The zika virus, which can be fatal, spreads through the Aedes mosquito. Infection in a pregnant mother during pregnancy can cause a child to be born with a smaller head and lead to brain problems and developmental problems.
Last year, a total of 151 cases of Zika from Maharashtra (140 cases), Karnataka (10 cases) and Gujarat (1 case), according to the World Health Organization, were recorded in India.
“Supervision of the transmitted vector is very important in all ports because they should be vector areas. If vectors pass through ships or aircraft, there is a high chance that people can bite and spread infection if they accept vector disease measurements, then accepted, NCDC, NCDC).
“The presence of infectious vectors in ports is a huge economic loss and we must have competent staff to deal with and take robust measures to track,” Dr. Singh.
India is a signatory of international health regulations from 2005, which requires to determine effective action plans for vector supervision in ports.
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