Nagendra, who passed away, had a job in Hunsur Taluk. The district has registered 479 so far this year, 162 of which are still in operation. Thus far, 3,489 tests have been performed.
Among other districts, dengue has claimed two lives in Hassan, while one death each has been reported in Shivamogga, Haveri, Dharwad, and Bengaluru. The total number of cases in the state is 6,300, with 1,563 cases in Bengaluru, 491 in Chikkamagalur, 479 in Mysuru, 451 in Haveri, 265 in Chitradurga, and 233 in Dakshina Kannada districts.
To discuss measures to stop the disease’s spread, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao convened a video conference meeting with district deputy commissioners and health officers on Thursday. The minister and BBMP representatives had a meeting two days prior.
All of the previous discussions were shared with the DCs and ZP CEos. Every hospital that receives a case of dengue will have to report it to the government. The cost of the Elisa and NS1 tests is capped. It is crucial to carry out door-to-door awareness campaigns with all of the resources at hand and to destroy larvae. We will now publish a daily active case count broken down by district. The minister stated following today’s meeting that even senior officers ought to participate in the awareness campaign every Friday.
Authorities were instructed to boost testing at health centers and limit test costs at private hospitals, which will also need to notify the government of any dengue admissions. Additionally, the officials were asked to begin treating dengue patients who had symptoms such as fever, joint pain, body rashes, etc.
In addition, the officials were instructed to start fogging in order to prevent mosquito reproduction and to spread awareness through door-to-door canvassing in high-density areas and other vulnerable areas, emptying water that has been kept for three to four days, and running advertisements in print and broadcast media.