Amid the Zika virus threat across the city, a team from ICMR-National Institute of Virology found the virus in a mosquito pool and larvae samples collected from Pashan, Erandwane and Mundhwa. Dr Radhakrishnan Pawar, joint director of health services, said, “The virus has been detected in a mosquito pool and larvae samples collected from areas like Pashan, Erandwane and Mundhwa. …
The Pune Municipal Corporation has reported a spike in vector-borne disease cases in the city, said officials. During the ongoing surveillance, the civic body reported 22 dengue and 19 chikungunya cases in July. As per the officials, the recent rains resulting in water accumulation in artificial and natural sources in residential areas have made favourable conditions for mosquito breeding which …
In the light of rising number of Zika and dengue cases in the city, Pune Municipal Corporation is spraying insecticides at mosquito breeding sites. When PMC officials went to spray insecticide on stagnated water, the metro security personnel did not allow them to do so. Hemant Sonawane, public relations officer of Pune Metro, said, “We are taking care of mosquito …
The Pune Municipal Corporation health department has started holding disease prevention and control programmes to tackle infectious diseases during the monsoon season. Dr Bhagwan Pawar, health officer, PMC, on Thursday held a meeting with zonal medical officers, ward medical officers, assistant health chief, malaria surveillance officers, and medical superintendents of civic-run hospitals to discuss the plan of action. Dr Suryakant …
Amid rising cases of dengue in Pune and fatalities related to it, the action by Pune Municipal Corporation against establishments responsible for dengue breeding spots have slowed. With heavy rains lashing the city in the past one week, water has accumulated in many spots, thus causing dengue cases to rise. This was much lower than the actions and fines collected …