A report from Telegraph, dengue is looking even more serious in India, especially with Commonwealth Games going on :
" The Indian Army is on stand-by amid growing fears over Dengue fever at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi after municipal workers tackling an outbreak of the disease went on strike.
The athletes village, which is located on the riverbed of the Yamuna River, a natural habitat for mosquitoes, and hospitals in the vicinity are reporting more than 50 cases of the fever each day.
About 3,200 part-time Municipal staff have been employed to spray mosquito repellent across the city but halted work on Monday to demand better pay and conditions.
Half of them have now returned to duty after talks, but the remaining half are still on strike and we cannot accept their demands," the city's health committee chairman VK Monga said.
"Our preventative measures have proved futile. The entry points to the village and the roads outside of it are completely waterlogged, resulting in massive mosquito breeding. The water has to be drained out from the surrounding area otherwise the situation will get out of hand."
No comments:
Post a Comment