With spike in dengue cases, Rajasthan cancels leaves of medical staff

Besides this, nodal officers will be sent to those 14 districts, where more than 150 dengue cases have come to light, he said.

Sharma made these announcements while reviewing progress of departmental preparations about the seasonal diseases, corona vaccination and testing along with oxygen plants etc with the health department officers through video conferencing on Tuesday.

The Health Minister has directed to set up 24-hour control room in all the districts along with forming Rapid Response Teams to fight seasonal diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya and scrub typhus. He has also directed to carry out IEC activities to create awareness to prevent seasonal diseases and also to treat indoor patients in all health centres including CHC.

Sharma directed to cancel leaves of medical personnel and asked those who have been transferred to join immediately. He has instructed to fix the responsibility of BCMO at the block level, CMHO at the district level and joint director at the zone level for effective control of seasonal diseases.

The Health Minister also reviewed the status of Covid-19 situation in the state and the vaccination drive and directed to do regular random sampling at crowded places to prevent further outbreak.

He said that till now the first dose of the vaccine has been administered to 82 per cent of the targeted population and the second dose to over 40 per cent of the population. He has asked officials to identify those who are due for the second dose.

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