Dengue fever cases reducing in city: Rao

Visakhapatnam: The number of fever cases have been decreasing gradually in the city of Visakhapatnam, said HRD minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao. He visited the households of

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patients and interacted with them in several parts of Zone-I alongside GVMC Commissioner M Hari Narayanan, on Friday.

Speaking on this occasion, Srinivasa Rao expressed his satisfaction over the vector-borne disease control programme measures and its results. “All the fever patients should seek medical assistance instead of resorting to self-medication. They should also undergo medical tests at nearby government medical centres. The number of cases in Zone-I are limited to three in September as opposed to 36 in August and 51 in July. The field-level staff have intensified the control measures, including fogging and spraying operations. Several special teams were also appointed for the supervision of the surveillance measures,” said Srinivasa Rao.

GVMC Commissioner M Hari Narayanan also explained the measures that have been undertaken by the GVMC in order to control the vector-borne diseases in the cityof Vizag.

Zone-I special officer Somannarayana, Zonal Commissioner Sanyasi Naidu and others were also present.