With the number of dengue cases in Uttar Pradesh on the rise, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed officials on Thursday to launch a comprehensive cleaning drive and designate a nodal officer to each district for monitoring.
According to an official spokesman, the chief minister mentioned that instances of dengue fever had been recorded in several areas and warned that the number of malaria cases might potentially grow during a meeting with authorities.
” There is a risk of spreading the illness because of rains and flooding,” cautioned Adityanath. He authorized a large statewide effort to emphasize the significance of hygiene in this area.
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He added that cleanliness and health security efforts would be coordinated by the departments of rural development, urban development, women and child development, health, and medical education. The state administration moved the chief medical officer of Firozabad on Wednesday after 41 persons, primarily youngsters, died of probable dengue and viral fever.
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A K Singh, Additional Director (Health) of the Agra division, and Sangeeta Aneja, Principal of the Firozabad Government Medical College, briefed media about the fatalities, citing dengue fever as the likely reason. On Tuesday, Manish Asija, a BJP MLA from Firozabad, said that 44 persons have died of probable dengue fever in the area since August 22.
