22 Japanese Encephalitis cases detected in Biswanath

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BISWANATH CHARIALI: The Biswanath administration and the district health department have taken various steps to prevent the outbreak of the vector-borne disease Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Biswanath and Gohpur subdivisions.

The Biswanath health department has been taking precautionary measures to raise awareness among the public and to prevent it over the last few days. In this regard, the District Surveillance Officer informed in a press statement that the health department has organized awareness meetings in schools and at the community level and also arranged distribution of leaflets, distribution of medicinal mosquito nets, distribution of medicines, spraying of smoke and temefos, destruction of places where mosquitoes originate etc. According to information, the district health department has already held around 50 awareness meetings at the school level and 259 at the community level under Biswanath, Behali and Gohpur Block Primary Health Centres. Similarly, in order to create awareness, distribution of 3650 numbers of pamphlets, 1500 medicinal mosquito nets etc. have also been reported.

As on August 4, 22 cases of Japanese Encephalitis have been reported. According to the data, the health department received two cases in March, one in April, two in May, one in June, 12 in July and four in the first four days of August. There have already been four deaths in Biswanath. The district health department has already confirmed that Japanese Encephalitis was the cause of death of Anand Orang of Jayapur, Tinisuti and Anu Gowala of Pratapgarh.

In such a situation, the Biswanath administration and the district health department have called upon all for making arrangements to take patients to the nearby hospital as soon as possible without delay if the symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis such as headache, unconsciousness and high fever are detected in the patients.

The administration also called upon people to take precautionary measures such as keeping the pig or pig's shelter away from human habitation, spraying smoke in the pig's shelter in the evening, etc. At present, children in the age group of 1-15 years are also being vaccinated in areas affected by the disease.

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