The Health department has called for renewed alert against dengue fever and leptospirosis as intermittent rain continues across the State, creating a conducive environment for a spurt in both diseases.
At the monthly State Medical Officers’ conference here on Wednesday, the Health department reiterated the importance of source reduction activities and other disease control measures focussed around individual houses, offices and public places. Local bodies should find the hotspots for the disease and launch preventive and control measures. All district vector control units have also been directed to strengthen their activities.
