GHMC Stops Anti-Larval Ops Lets City Risk Dengue, Malaria | Fiber Muscle, Muscle Fiber, Click For Needs
Despite an alarming increase in mosquito menace, the GHMC has completely stopped the antilarval operations citing the number of Covic1•19 cases, according to the corporation's entomology staff. They will only spray sodium hypochlorite for containing the spread of Covidl9 even as vectorborne diseases have been increasing. Fourteen dengue cases have been reported in pri FOURTEEN DENGUE cases have been reported in private hospitals and the civic body is reluctant to reveal the number of cases in government hospitals. Private hospitals and the civic body is reluctant to reveal the number of cases in government hospitals. Outsourcing staff working in the GHMC entomology wing said that with over 500 Cov id19 cases being reported in the city daily, they had been directed to spray disinfectants at 40 houses per circle. Though we work 24/7, it would be impossible to take up containment activities given the number of Covid19 cases. Senior officials have unofficially asked us to t...