DC For Expediting Surveillance Activities To Control Dengue
Umer Jamshaid Published May 21, 2019 | 04:57 PM
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chaudary Muhammad Ali Randhawa Tuesday directed officials of district health authority and other departments to expedite surveillance activities or tracing larva and its eradication besides focusing on hotspots where larva has been detected during current checking
RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2019 ) :Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chaudary Muhammad Ali Randhawa Tuesday directed officials of district health authority and other departments to expedite surveillance activities or tracing larva and its eradication besides focusing on hotspots where larva has been detected during current checking.
Chairing a meeting to review anti-dengue arrangements, the DC directed officials to remove stagnant water in outdoor and household settings to stop mosquitoes from breeding after rain and submerged water.
Randhawa directed to devise an effective anti-dengue micro plan keeping in view the blemish of the last year,adding no dengue case has been detected in 2019 but there is need to make a comprehensive plan for the ongoing year to prevent the spread of dengue larvae in the summer season.
The DC said nothing is more precious than human life, and zero tolerance would be shown in dengue control activities.
He said that necessary medicines along with latest equipment have been provided to health department to control dengue.
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