Review meet held on vector-borne diseases

Visakhapatnam: GVMC commissioner M Hari Narayanan directed officials to take measures to prevent an outbreak of vector-borne disease in Vizag city.
On Friday, he chaired a meeting with health officials, sanitary inspectors and others at the conference hall of the commissionerate. Speaking on this occasion, Hari Narayanan asked them to conduct active surveillance around the households from where the dengue cases are reported.The malaria wing officials and staff should create awareness over the preventive measures in the public. The dengue tests are done in the King George Hospital of the city. Fever patients should undergo malaria tests at the local primary health care centres,” said Hari Narayanan.
Hari Narayanan asked the Vizagites to keep their premises clean to prevent the mosquito growth. The Greater Visakhapatnam. He asked the officials to intensify the awareness campaign on prevention and control of vector-borne diseases. TNN