Mosquito breeding reported in 2,644 households, say civic bodies

Municipal Corporations have reported mosquito breeding in 2,644 households in the national Capital and 2,675 legal notices issued this year for various violations, according to data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).

The dengue breeding checkers have checked 3988968 houses and also issued challans to 59 numbers of office and residential premises till May 23.

Also, the number of people suffering from dengue in Delhi has reached to 52 this year. Meanwhile, no further spike in cases of malaria and chikungunya reported.

According to the data, the number of people diagnosed with malaria and Chikungunya stand at 39 and 18 respectively.

Out of total dengue cases, 18 patients who diagnosed with the disease belong to Delhi while 23 patients traced here were from different states and other 11 patients did not provide their address.

A senior SDMC official said that all the preventive steps have been taken to reduce the cases. “The key to prevention of Dengue is ensuring there is no clean stagnant water in homes and around, which does not allow the Aedes mosquitoes to breed, and therefore dengue cannot spread,” he said.

Dengue mosquito larvae breed in clear, standing water while those of malaria mosquito thrive even in dirty water. Doctors have advised people to take precautions and ensure that there is no breeding of mosquito larvae around them. They have urged people to wear full-sleeves clothes and use mosquito nets.

The malaria parasite is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes, which bite mainly between dusk and dawn. According to World Health Organisation malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium.