Madhya Pradesh: With the change in weather conditions in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, the number of patients suffering from seasonal diseases and COVID-19 has started increasing in the city.
A total of 18 patients have been tested positive for dengue, three for COVID-19 and one each for swine flu and chikungunya in the city so far, a health official said on Wednesday.
Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO, Indore) Dr Bhure Singh Setia, "In the last two days, three female patients have been tested positive for COVID-19. These women got themselves tested at private hospitals in the city.
Of these, two women were admitted to the hospital for their other disease, later found to be COVID-19 positive and are undergoing treatment. While one woman is in isolation at home."
Apart from this, 18 people have tested positive for Dengue, while one patient each suffering from Swine flu and Chikungunya was found in the city in the last two days, Setia said.
"It is rainy season; there is waterlogging at various places in which larvae thrive so we should release those accumulated water. We have also called drones, through which larvae are being detected in the water accumulated on the roof of big buildings.
The team of the malaria department is searching and spraying medicine to eliminate the larvae," he added. Earlier, a health official in Jabalpur district said that a total of 11 cases of swine flu were detected in Jabalpur between July 11 and August 6. Of these, nine patients were recovered and discharged from the hospital. (with Agency inputs)
