Take Measures to Prevent Seasonal Diseases: MLC Kavitha
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Hyderabad: Stressing the need to take measures to prevent an outbreak of seasonal diseases in the wake of monsoon, BRS MLC K Kavitha on Friday directed health officials of Nizamabad district to prepare an action plan to control infectious diseases.
The MLC spoke to the Nizamabad district health department officer, district government hospital superintendent, and municipal commissioner over the phone and made several suggestions.
Health officials should act cautiously to prevent the spread of dengue disease, she advised. “Surrounding areas should be kept clean by spraying mosquito repellents from time to time,” she suggested.
She asked officials to run a campaign to create awareness of the prevention and control of dengue fever. Preventive medicines for seasonal diseases should be made available in all primary health centers across the district, she said, adding that health officials should be on high alert and take measures to prevent the spread of seasonal diseases.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.