Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 9-
In a step aimed at checking the spread of Water borne Dengue in the state, the Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday launched a massive awareness campaign for ‘Har Shukarvaar Dengue te Vaar’.
Launching the campaign, the CM said that the state government is committed to check the spread of dengue and other water borne diseases in the state for which this campaign has been launched. He said that the state government has already started a ssustained Campaign of breeding checking from the month of May adding that 300 Breeding Checkers hired in the month of May and June which have been further increased to 1200 in the month of July. Mann said that the health department has initiated this mass awareness drive to sensitise the people about this disease.
The CM said that 47 Sentinel Surveillance Hospitals have been identified in all the districts and NS-1 kits and IgM kits are available for dengue testing in the State. He said that to facilitate the people, testing of Dengue and Chikungunya are being done free of cost by the state government.