Delhi CM conducts meeting amid rising dengue, other vector-borne diseases

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss ways to check the spread of dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the national capital, officials said.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and Mayor Shelly Oberoi were also present in the meeting.
A total of 187 dengue cases have been reported in the national capital this year till July 22—the highest for the period since 2018, according to a civic body report released on Monday.
“The meeting began at noon and went on for around an hour. Besides the Delhi government’s Health Minister and senior officials of the health department, the Mayor of Delhi was also present in the meeting in which ways to check the spread of dengue and other vector-borne diseases were discussed,” a senior official said.
The number of dengue cases reported in the first three weeks of July stood at nearly 65. It was 40 in June and 23 in May, according to the report issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
In addition, 61 cases of malaria have been recorded in the same period, the report said.
In 2022, Delhi reported 159 dengue cases between January 1 and July 22. During the same period in 2021, it reported 47 dengue cases.
In 2018, 2019, and 2020, the city witnessed 49, 34, and 28 cases, respectively.
Oberoi had recently cautioned people against the possibility of a rise in dengue and malaria cases in the national capital due to flooding in several areas.
She said that departments have been directed to check mosquito breeding and clear the silt and sludge left by the flood.