Lok Sabha Question No. 2753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Dengue Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman, Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2753 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH MARCH, 2020

## DENGUE CASES

## 2753. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN: SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been an increase in Dengue cases during 2019 in many States/UTs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of such cases registered and deaths reported during t he said period, State/UT/district - wise especially in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)  whether  any  steps  have  been  taken  for  timely identification  of  dengue  cases  in  order  to prevent dengue deaths, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether dengue has been controlled in Delhi to a great extent and the Government proposes to implement similar scheme in other States/UTs particularly in Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether instruments for dengue tests are available in laborat ories of Government hospitals in States/UTs, if not, the time by which these instruments are likely to be made available; and
- (f) the other preventive measures being taken to reduce the occurrence of dengue in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH A ND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- ( a)& (b): Yes.During 2019, 25 States/Union Territories reported increase in dengue cas as compared to the corresponding period in 2018. State - wise details are at Annexure -I.

Every year there is a fluctuation in the number of cases and deaths reported from v States/  Union  Territories  as  dengue  is  an  ecological  disease  governed  by  various  facto climate,  developmental  activities,  population  movement,  improper  water  s upply  leading  to storage, inadequate solid waste management system, use of non - degradable plastics etc.  During 2019,  9  States/  Union  Territories  reported  increase  in  dengue  deaths  as  compared  t corresponding period during 2018. State - wise details are at Annexure -II

District - wise  details of dengue cases and deaths reported in the State of Uttar Pr during 2018 and 2019 are at Annexure -III.

( c) : Government  of  India  (GOI)  has  taken  the  following  steps  to  prevent  dengue  in country during 2019:

- GOI  provided  Technical  Guidelines  for  prevention  and  control,  case  management  & effective community participation to the States for implementation.
- Trainings for capacity Building of doctors on case management.
- Monitoring and supervision for early case detection and prevention and control.
- In 2019, 15 advisories issued and 10 reviews held
- Free  diagnostic  facilities  through  680  Sentinel  Surveillance  Hospitals  (SSHs)  an Apex Referral laboratories (ARLs) identified across the country.
- GOI supplied 7958 Dengue (1 Kit= 96 tests) through NIV, Pune.
- Observation of National Dengue Day on 16th May across the country.
- Government  of  India  (GoI)  carries  out  focused  IEC/BCC  activities  to  sensitize community  on  prevention  and  control  of  Dengue.  Funds  are also  provided  to  the States/UTs  to  carry  out  the  IEC/BCC  activities  to  sensitize  the  community  for  so reduction activities to eliminate the mosquito vector breeding.

( d): Yes.A mega Awareness Campaign was carried out in Delhi by engaging top politic al leaders, senior officers of the GOI, state and Delhi Municipal Corporations during 17 th to 19 th July, 2019. A total of 286 teams were involved to sensitize the community on preventio control of Dengue. After campaign, the IEC/BCC activities were intensified and continued.

Similar IEC/BCC activities were carried out by other States. The State o f Uttar Pradesh carried out 'Fight the Bite' campaign from 28 th July to 5 th August, 2019 for intensification of IEC activities on Dengue.

(e): For  disease  surveillance  and  to  augment  free  diagnostic  facility  for  Dengue,  Go established a network of 68 0   Sentinel Surveillance Hospitals (SSHs) with laboratory suppor These  SSHs  are  linked  with  16  Apex  Referral  laboratories  (ARLs)  with  advanced  diagnost facility.

Government of India supplies dengue IgM test kits (1 Kit= 96 tests) to these labora s through National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.

( f): Government  of  India  (GOI)  has  taken  the  following  steps  to  prevent  dengue  in country during 2019:

- GOI  provided  Technical  Guidelines  for  prevention  and  control,  case  management  & effective comm unity participation to the States for implementation.
- Trainings for capacity Building of doctors on case management.
- Monitoring and supervision for early case detection and prevention and control.
- In 2019, 15 advisories issued and 10 reviews held
- Free  dia gnostic  facilities  through  680  Sentinel  Surveillance  Hospitals  (SSHs)  and Apex Referral laboratories (ARLs) identified across the country.
- GOI supplied 7958 Dengue IgM test kits (1 Kit= 96 tests)  through NIV, Pune.
- Observation of National Dengue Day on 16th May across the country.
- IEC/BCC activities to disseminate knowledge for prevention and control.
- Mega Awareness Campaign under the leadership of Hon'ble HFM was carried out by 286 teams in Delhi jointly by GoI and Municipalities in July, 2019. As a follow up of Campaign, activities carried out in Delhi NCR during August and September 2019.
- Ministries of Urban Development, Rural Development and drinking water & sanitatio requested to sensitize the State counterparts for effective inter - departmental c ooperation to prevent dengue.
- Funds  are  allocated  to  the  States  in  an  integrated  manner  for  vector  borne  di including Dengue.

## STATE/UTs REPORTED INCREASE IN DENGUE CASES

|   Sl. No. | State                    |   2018 |   2019 |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------|--------|
|         1 | Andhra Pd                |   4011 |   5286 |
|         2 | Arunachal Pd             |      1 |    123 |
|         3 | Assam                    |    166 |    196 |
|         4 | Bihar                    |   2142 |   6712 |
|         5 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     |    493 |   1491 |
|         6 | Daman & Diu              |    163 |    625 |
|         7 | Goa                      |    335 |    992 |
|         8 | Gujarat                  |   7579 |  18219 |
|         9 | Jharkhand                |    463 |    825 |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir          |    214 |    439 |
|        11 | Karnataka                |   4427 |  16986 |
|        12 | Kerala                   |   4083 |   4652 |
|        13 | Maharashtra              |  11011 |  14907 |
|        14 | Manipur                  |     14 |    359 |
|        15 | Meghalaya                |     44 |     82 |
|        16 | Puducherry               |    592 |   2030 |
|        17 | Punjab                   |  14980 |  10289 |
|        18 | Rajasthan                |   9587 |  13706 |
|        19 | Sikkim                   |    320 |    444 |
|        20 | Tamil Nadu               |   4486 |   8527 |
|        21 | Telangana                |   4592 |  13331 |
|        22 | Tripura                  |    100 |    110 |
|        23 | Uttar Pradesh            |   3829 |  10557 |
|        24 | Uttrakhand               |    689 |  10622 |
|        25 | Andaman & Nicobar Island |     49 |    168 |

## Annexure I

## Annexure II

## STATE/UTs REPORTED INCREASE IN DENGUE DEATHS

|   Sl. No. | State         |   2018 |   2019 |
|-----------|---------------|--------|--------|
|         1 | Gujarat       |      5 |     17 |
|         2 | Karnataka     |      4 |     13 |
|         3 | Punjab        |      9 |     14 |
|         4 | Rajasthan     |     10 |     17 |
|         5 | Telangana     |      2 |      7 |
|         6 | Uttar Pradesh |      4 |     26 |
|         7 | Uttrakhand    |      3 |      8 |
|         8 | D&N Haveli    |      0 |      2 |
|         9 | Daman & Diu   |      0 |      2 |

Annexure III District-wise cases and deaths reported from the State Uttar Pradesh

| Sl. No.   | District                    | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Sl. No.   | District                    | Cases  | Deaths | Cases  | Deaths |
| 1         | Agra                        | 190    | 0      | 129    | 0      |
| 2         | Ajamgarh                    | 8      | 0      | 26     | 0      |
| 3         | Aligarh                     | 83     | 0      | 338    | 0      |
| 4         | Allahabad                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5         | Ambedkar Nagar              | 30     | 0      | 76     | 0      |
| 6         | Ameti                       | 19     | 0      | 71     | 0      |
| 7         | Auraiya                     | 42     | 0      | 30     | 0      |
| 8         | Badaun                      | 6      | 0      | 5      | 0      |
| 9         | Bagpat                      | 12     | 0      | 6      | 0      |
| 10        | Bahraich                    | 38     | 0      | 32     | 0      |
| 11        | Baliya                      | 6      | 0      | 79     | 0      |
| 12        | Balram Pur                  | 11     | 0      | 14     | 0      |
| 13        | Banda                       | 25     | 0      | 28     | 0      |
| 14        | Barabanki                   | 60     | 1      | 91     | 2      |
| 15        | Bareilly                    | 21     | 0      | 157    | 0      |
| 16        | Basti                       | 35     | 1      | 133    | 0      |
| 17        | Bhadohi                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18        | Bijnor                      | 1      | 0      | 8      | 0      |
| 19        | Bulandsahar                 | 14     | 0      | 24     | 0      |
| 20        | Chandauli                   | 2      | 0      | 25     | 0      |
| 21        | Chatrashahu G Maharaj nagar | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22        | Deoria                      | 7      |        | 10     | 0      |
| 23        | Etah                        | 0      | 0      | 181    | 0      |
| 24        | Etava                       | 6      | 0      | 52     | 0      |
| 25        | Faizabad                    | 37     | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26        | Farukhabad                  | 4      | 0      | 9      | 0      |
| 27        | Fatehpur                    | 36     | 0      | 122    | 0      |
| 28        | Firozabad                   | 0      | 0      | 21     | 0      |
| 29        | G. B.Nagar                  | 28     | 0      | 34     | 0      |
| 30        | Ghaziabad                   | 63     | 0      | 106    | 0      |
| 31        | Ghazipur                    | 12     | 0      | 43     | 0      |
| 32        | Gonda                       | 31     | 0      | 156    | 1      |
| 33        | Gorakhpur                   | 14     | 0      | 53     | 0      |
| 34        | Hamirpur                    | 12     | 0      | 20     | 0      |
| 35        | Hapur                       | 11     | 0      | 86     | 0      |
| 36        | Hardoi                      | 85     | 0      | 290    | 1      |
| 37        | J.P.Nagar                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 38        | Jaloan                      | 14     | 0      | 43     | 0      |
| 39        | Jaunpur                     | 37     | 0      | 148    | 0      |
| 40        | Jhansi                      | 179    | 0      | 69     | 0      |
| 41        | Jyotiba Fule Nagar          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 42        | Kannauj                     | 37     | 0      | 74     | 0      |
| 44        | Kanpur Dehat                | 45     | 0      | 94     | 4      |
| 45        | Kanpur Ngr.                 | 427    | 0      | 2016   | 7      |
| 46 47     | Kashgnaj Kashiram Nagar     | 2 0    | 0 0    | 72 0   | 0 0    |
| 48        | Kaushmbi                    | 16     | 0      | 78     | 0      |

| 49   | Khiri (Lakhinpur)   |   26 | 0   |    53 |   0 |
|------|---------------------|------|-----|-------|-----|
| 50   | Kushi ngr.          |    4 | 0   |    19 |   0 |
| 51   | Lalitpur            |    5 | 0   |    30 |   0 |
| 52   | Lucknow             |  701 | 1   |  2165 |   9 |
| 53   | Maharajganj         |    4 | 0   |     4 |   0 |
| 54   | Mahoba              |    3 | 0   |     5 |   0 |
| 55   | Mainpuri            |    5 | 0   |    40 |   0 |
| 56   | Mathura             |   46 | 0   |    18 |   0 |
| 57   | Mau                 |    2 | 0   |    16 |   0 |
| 58   | Meerut              |  154 | 0   |   209 |   0 |
| 59   | Mirza pur           |    9 | 0   |    28 |   0 |
| 60   | Moradabad           |    1 | 0   |   103 |   0 |
| 61   | Muzaffar Nagar      |    8 | 0   |    12 |   0 |
| 62   | Pilliphit           |    5 | 0   |    49 |   0 |
| 63   | Pratap Garh         |   26 | 0   |   126 |   0 |
| 64   | Rae-bareily         |   71 | 0   |   101 |   0 |
| 65   | Ramabai Nagar       |    0 | 0   |     0 |   0 |
| 66   | Rampur              |    4 | 0   |    55 |   0 |
| 67   | Sahajahpur          |   33 | 0   |     8 |   0 |
| 68   | Saharanpur          |   40 | 0   |   218 |   0 |
| 69   | Sant kabir ngr.     |    8 | 0   |    21 |   0 |
| 70   | Sant Ravidash Ngr   |   30 | 1   |    30 |   0 |
| 71   | Shamli              |    2 | 0   |     7 |   0 |
| 72   | Shonbhadra          |    2 | 0   |    11 |   0 |
| 73   | Shrivasti           |    6 | 0   |     7 |   0 |
| 74   | Siddharth ngr.      |    7 | 0   |    25 |   0 |
| 75   | Sitapur             |   53 | 0   |   122 |   0 |
| 76   | Sultanpur           |   34 | 0   |    55 |   0 |
| 77   | Unnao               |   55 | 0   |   207 |   1 |
| 78   | Varanasi            |  319 | 0   |   449 |   1 |
| 79   | Out of State        |    0 | 0   |     0 |   0 |
| 80   | Chitrakoot          |    4 | 0   |     3 |   0 |
| 81   | Hathras             |    1 | 0   |    30 |   0 |
| 82   | Unknown             |    0 | 0   |     0 |   0 |
| 83   | Without line list   |    0 | 0   |     0 |   0 |
| 84   | Sambhal             |    0 | 0   |     2 |   0 |
| 85   | Amroha              |   11 | 0   |    18 |   0 |
| 86   | Sukhbir Nagar       |    0 |     |     0 |   0 |
| 87   | Prayag Raj          |  444 | 0   |   990 |   0 |
| 88   | Ayodhya             |    0 |     |   267 |   0 |
|      | Others              |    0 | 0   |     5 |   0 |
|      | TOTAL               | 3829 | 4   | 10557 |  26 |