Clearing the air, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday said that the list of 10 dengue deaths provided to mayor Azad Singh by the residents of Shahbad Daulatpur on Tuesday was incorrect and that the deceased did not die of dengue. Officials of the corporation’s health department visited the hospitals where the deceased had been treated besides their residences.
On going through their case histories and on local interrogation the officials found that out of the 10, seven persons did not die of dengue.
The remaining three cases are being examined and details are being sought to verify the reason of death.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government issued a circular to all schools on Wednesday suggesting the do’s and don’ts for prevention of the waterborne disease.
As per the guidelines, students should be instructed to wear full sleeve clothes and long trousers or salwars to cover hands and legs properly and apply mosquito repellent on exposed parts of the body.
According to the circular, students must take prime care of their hygiene.
The circular says that the head of schools must spread awareness regarding prevention of dengue in morning assembly repeatedly. The vice-principal will act as nodal officer of the school for the prevention of dengue. In case, there is no vice-principal, the principal will be the nodal officer, the circular says.
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation also issued a circular to the education department to carry out health education campaigns in university campus, schools and other educational institutions. It says the nodal officer will be responsible for ensuring breeding-free campus and carry out activities that include reading out messages for prevention and control of mosquito breeding in schools, domestic and peri-domestic settings during the morning assembly.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation standing committee chairman Sanjay Surjan also convened a meeting on deaths due to dengue, malaria and other water-borne diseases with the commissioner and other senior officials, and directed them to do surprise inspections in all wards to check breeding of mosquitoes.