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Imphal, Nov 4 (EMN): Manipur health and family welfare minister Dr. Sapam Ranjan Singh on Friday said that the state has so far recorded 358 dengue cases -- second highest after 2019 records of 359 cases -- this year, while 8 persons are presently under treatment in the hospitals while the number of fatalities is three.
Addressing a press conference in Imphal on Friday, Dr. Ranjan Singh said that there is nothing to panic as the state health authority is taking up all possible measures to control the disease. Instead, he said, the people should make aware of the disease and take up preventive measures from home.
Among the 358 positive cases, Tengnoupal district which borders Myanmar has the maximum cases (199) followed by Imphal East (42), Churachandpur (38) and Imphal West (36) respectively.
As usual, the state health officials have been doing continuous fogging and surveillance activities are on as it is a viral disease caused by the bite of infected female Aedes mosquitos, peak biting time is dawn to dusk, Minister Ranjan said. Besides the awareness programmes are also undergoing, he added. It will be fruitless if the public is not made aware of such issues, he felt.
According to the experts of the state health department, water containers such as syntax should be fully covered as these mosquitoes use such containers as their breeding ground.
The experts also admitted that the symptoms of the disease are high fever, headache, severe pain behind the eyes, etc. Those persons infected with the disease are given symptomatic treatments.