The MCD has intensified its drive to check mosquito breeding following reports of four persons testing positive for chikungunya and 24 fresh cases of dengue.
The civic body has issued over 62,000 legal notices to different organisations, including in residential areas after mosquito breeding was found in these
localities. 24 more people tested positive for dengue during the last one week, taking the number of those affected by the virus to 118.
“The number of dengue cases are comparatively less this year but we are more worried about chikungunya. Four people have tested positive for Aedes mosquito virus of which two are from local transmission,” chairman of Health Committee of the MCD, Dr V.K. Monga said.
Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes.
It causes fever and severe joint pain. The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue and can be mistaken in areas where dengue is common. With no cure, the treatment focuses on relieving the symptoms.
Like dengue, there is no vaccine or drug treatment against the Chikungunya virus.
Even after one is relieved of chikungunya fever, the joint pain continues to stay for nearly a year.
“We have strengthened our detection facilities in all areas. People should be cautious against mosquito breeding especially during September, October and November when Chikungunya strikes more. A majority of them have been from Najafgarh area,” he said.
134 cases of malaria have also been detected in the city.