Rawalpindi: Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema on Wednesday directed well being officers to hurry up dengue larval surveillance actions and disinfect the affected areas with indoor residual spraying (IRS).
He presided over a gathering to evaluation the anti-dengue measures right here in his workplace, directed the implementation of the anti-dengue rules and mentioned strict motion can be taken towards those that wouldn’t comply with the regulation. Cheema additional directed the officers that the importing of faux or bogus data shall be handled strictly.
Within the ongoing season, if the surveillance was carried out in accordance with an efficient technique, higher outcomes would come within the coming days, he mentioned, including that the work of the dengue employees can be evaluated solely after the ends in the affected areas improved final 12 months. He requested the officers to create consciousness among the many folks to maintain their homes clear and added that an intensive consciousness marketing campaign is critical for efficient group participation on this regard.
On this event, well being officers reported that round 999 groups have been conducting surveillance to trace the larvae, together with 788 indoor and 211 out of doors surveillance groups. Giving particulars of the sanctioning actions, the well being officer knowledgeable that the well being division in collaboration with the related departments filed 82 FIRs, sealed 89 retailers, issued tickets to 247 and imposed a high quality of Rs 312,000 for violation of dengue SOPs from 1. January to this point. The well being official additional mentioned that in indoor vector surveillance, groups detected larvae at 4,300 websites, whereas throughout out of doors surveillance, larvae have been discovered at 850 websites.
