The Hindu 11.06.2013
Drive against malaria to go on till September
A drive will be carried on up to September to prevent
incidence of malaria in the city by identifying vulnerable areas and
deploying 240 staff and workers.
Vulnerable areas,
mainly in Zones II and III of the city, where anti-larvae operations
were being taken up, Chief Medical Officer (Health) P.V. Ramana Murthy
and biologist Y. Mani told reporters on Monday.
The
incidence of malaria has also come down from 326 in last May to 240 now.
Mr. Ramana Murthy said while the treatment part was taken care of by
the District Malaria Officer, preventive and surveillance measures were
taken up by GVMC. Besides two fogging machines, 24 hand-held ones would
be used for fogging. Up to September, the drive through pamphlets,
banners, etc would be continued.
statistics, of the 1 lakh smears taken in 2011, 2,697 tested positive
for plasmodium vivax and 17 for plasmodium falciparum, the more serious
cerebral malaria.
