Chennai, Sept 11 (BPNS)
The Tamil Nadu health department has commenced mosquito control work after a 4 year old boy in Chennai died of dengue. The Greater Chennai Corporation commissioner and former health secretary of Tamil Nadu, Dr. J. Radhakrishnan met the family of the deceased boy.
Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has directed the health department officials to conduct proper mosquito control across the state to prevent the spread of dengue in the state.
The department has also intensified the vector control exercise by cleaning drainages and also removing water clogging as also stagnant water.
The health department has also directed all district health officers to monitor the number of dengue cases being reported in their respective districts.
The focus , according to officials is to intensify the source reduction of mosquito spread as also conducting of awareness among people on dengue and other vector-borne diseases as North East monsoon will commence in October in Tamil Nadu.
Officials have also commenced sensitizing the people about mosquito-borne diseases and will be using bleaching powder in stagnant water to destroy the larvae of the mosquitoes. Chlorine in drinking water will also be a priority in controlling the mosquitoes.
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