With two persons testing positive for dengue, the district
administration geared up to tackle the disease as the district had
reported highest 438 dengue cases in the State last year.

Sources
said the recent case was reported from Gudupahi village under Chandipur
police limits on Friday when one Tapan Kumar Bhuyan (38) was admitted to
the district headquarters hospital with high fever and body ache. 

ADMO
(medical) Shasanka Sekhar Choudhury said the patient had been admitted
in the special ward for dengue patients and treatment was on. “We have
sent his blood sample for test. The report is awaited,” he added.

Tapan
is believed to have contracted the disease in Visakhapatnam where he
was working under a civil contractor.  On July 22, Mayadhar Dash (20) of
Nilakanthapur village under Bahanaga block was diagnosed with the
disease. He is being treated at SCB Medical in Cuttack.

CDMO Anup
Ghosh said there was no reason to panic as the district health
administration had taken several steps to prevent the spread of the
disease. A drive is underway to drain stagnant water besides fogging is
on to kill larvae of aedes aegptyi, the mosquito that causes dengue,
chikungunya and yellow fever.

Collector Parameswaran B held a
meeting with the officials of the revenue and health department on
anti-dengue measures and directed the authorities concerned to launch
anti-dengue drive by involving anganwadi and ASHA workers, sweepers and
volunteers.

It was decided to supervise draining out accumulated
water in residential units. A public health counter will be opened in
each ward in the municipality area.