Dengue fever grips Jammu, 60 cases reported in region

JAMMU: Half-way into the season favorable for the fatal disease, around sixty cases of dengue have been reported so far from different areas of Jammu region with Jammu and Samba districts being the most affected.
The months of August, September and October are the most favorable when the mosquito carrying virus and the vector (mosquito) associated Aedes aegypti affect the people with this fatal disease, if not cured on time.
The mosquito carrying dengue virus survives on clean and stagnant water.
“Around 60 cases of dengue have so far been reported in different hospitals of Jammu region with Jammu and Samba districts accounting for maximum number of patients affected with this fatal dengue disease,” official sources informed.
They said that around 600 suspected patients suffering from fever were tested for dengue virus in different hospitals of Jammu region out of which 60 have been tested positive.
The patients suffering with dengue have been undergoing treatment in different hospitals of Jammu the main being the premier Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), Jammu, and the SMGS Hospital, they said.
However, the dengue patients reported so far in Jammu is less than the number of patients who were affected by this deadly disease last year, they said.
Sources said that while Jammu districts makes up for almost half of the patients, fifteen people have been reportedly affected with dengue in Samba District alone, with most of them being the ITBP soldiers.
The government has taken several steps to control spread of dengue virus including thermal fogging, launching awareness campaigns regarding preventive measures to keep this disease at bay, besides providing testing facility at each District Hospital for timely detection of dengue so that timely treatment is given to the people affected with this virus.
The dengue cases usually go up after the monsoon season as the main trigger for the disease is stagnant water.
“People are advised not to allow water to stagnate in and around their houses as a preventive measure to avoid spread of dengue virus,” an official said.


Updated On 9/16/2019 9:25:19 AM