Prayagraj: District health authorities have roped in as many as 30 teams of Domestic Breeder Checkers (DBC) for dengue prevention and control measures across the district by ensuring a check on water stagnation and mosquito breeding in the residential and commercial spaces. The domestic breeding checkers (DBC) are assigned to check outdoor (deserted colonies) and indoor spots including all the households at least once in a week for any breeding sources of Aedes mosquitoes . They will also check for indoor breeding sources such as refrigerators, tanks, flower pots, coconut shells, old unused vehicles for presence of Aedes larvae and will work for their elimination.
The domestic breeding checkers will also undertake fighting activities twice a day in the localities they supervise particularly in hotspots. District Malaria Officer (Prayagraj) AK Singh told TOI, “Health department has roped in as many as seven teams of domestic breeder checkers across the district who would be scanning over one lakh houses by November 30. Figures of health department revealed that a total of 12 dengue cases were reported in city between January 1 and August 3 this year and two of them are still hospitalised.
July month reported three dengue cases. Department has also engaged as many as 18 spraying workers to cover hotspots areas. The department has also taken up an extensive exercise to create awareness among residents to not allow water to stagnate in their surroundings.
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