Lok Sabha Question No. 3255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Hike in Dengue Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Ramesh Bidhuri, Mahabali Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3255 ANSWERED ON 05-08-2022

## HIKE IN DENGUE CASES

## 3255:   SHRI N. REDDEPPA;

SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI;

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH

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

- (a) the details of the Dengue cases reported during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  created  a  national  framework  to  counter  the  hike  of  Dengue cases; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government for the prevention/eradication of Dengue and Chikungunya diseases in the country,
- (d) whether any Study/Research has been conducted in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether  the  economic  burden  of  dengue  mosquito  borne  disease  in  the  country  was  1.11 billion dollar during the last year and if so, the factual details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) The details of dengue cases reported in the country during the last three years State/UTwise are at Annexure-I.
- (b)  to  (f)      The  National  Centre  for  Vector  Borne  Diseases  Control  (NCVBDC)  is  the  nodal agency  under  the  umbrella  of  National  Health  Mission  for  Vector  Borne  Diseases  (including Dengue) prevention and control in the Country as per Programme strategies.

Government of India has taken the following measures for prevention and control of Dengue and Chikungunya in the country:

- i. National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) has issued nine advisories between 23rd March to 30th June to States/UTs for (i) detection and control of outbreaks, (ii) preparedness and capacity building to take effective vector control, (iii) involvement of

non-health  sector,  (iv)  ensuring  logistics  to  be  in  place  such  as  drugs,  diagnostics, insecticides, equipment and (v) fill up the vacant positions of entomologists.

- ii. Trainings  have  been  imparted  to  doctors  on  case  management  and  to  entomologists  on integrated vector control from March, 2022 to July, 2022 at Central and State level.
- iii. To accelerate the pre-monsoon preventive activities and community sensitization, National Dengue Day (16th May, 2022) and Anti-Dengue Month (July, 2022) have been observed across the country.
- iv. Union  Minister  for  Health  and  Family  Welfare  has  reviewed  Vector  Borne  Diseases including Dengue and Chikungunya situation and preparedness of 13 States/UTs on 8th July, 2022 with State Health Ministers.
- v. Free  diagnostic  facilities  through  769  Sentinel  Surveillance  Hospitals  and  17  Apex Referral laboratories have been made functional. 1.92 Lakh IgM tests have been provided by the Government of India.
- vi. NCVBDC  provides  Technical  Guidelines  for  prevention,  control,  and  management  of Dengue and Chikungunya cases in States/UTs.
- vii. Under National Health Mission, budgetary support is provided to States/UTs for Dengue and Chikungunya control activities i.e., dengue case management, vector control activities (provision  of  domestic  breeding  checkers,  insecticide,  fogging  machines  etc.),  training support, awareness activities etc.

The  Indian  Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR)  -  Vector  Control  Research  Centre  (VCRC), Puducherry conducted laboratory studies for control of Dengue and Chikungunya transmitted by Aedes aegypti .

No  such  report  is  received  at  the  National  Center  for  Vector  Borne  Diseases  Control  on  the economic burden of dengue mosquito borne disease in the country.

## State/UT-wise Dengue cases during the last three years

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | Cases  | Cases  | Cases  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 5286   | 925    | 4760   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 123    | 1      | 7      |
| 3         | Assam                    | 196    | 33     | 103    |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 6712   | 493    | 633    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 722    | 57     | 1086   |
| 6         | Goa                      | 992    | 376    | 649    |
| 7         | Gujarat                  | 18219  | 1564   | 10983  |
| 8         | Haryana                  | 1207   | 1377   | 11835  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         | 344    | 21     | 349    |
| 10        | Jharkhand                | 825    | 79     | 220    |
| 11        | Karnataka                | 16986  | 3823   | 7393   |
| 12        | Kerala                   | 4652   | 4399   | 3251   |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh           | 4189   | 806    | 15592  |
| 14        | Meghalaya                | 82     | 4      | 129    |
| 15        | Maharashtra              | 14907  | 3356   | 12720  |
| 16        | Manipur                  | 359    | 37     | 203    |
| 17        | Mizoram                  | 42     | 67     | 83     |
| 18        | Nagaland                 | 8      | 1      | 24     |
| 19        | Odisha                   | 3758   | 496    | 7548   |
| 20        | Punjab                   | 10289  | 8435   | 23389  |
| 21        | Rajasthan                | 13706  | 2023   | 20749  |
| 22        | Sikkim                   | 444    | 11     | 243    |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu               | 8527   | 2410   | 6039   |
| 24        | Tripura                  | 114    | 24     | 349    |
| 25        | Telangana                | 13331  | 2173   | 7135   |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh            | 10557  | 3715   | 29750  |
| 27        | Uttarakhand              | 10622  | 76     | 738    |
| 28        | West Bengal              | 47928  | 5166   | 8264   |
| 29        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 168    | 98     | 175    |
| 30        | Chandigarh               | 286    | 265    | 1596   |
| 31        | Delhi                    | 5077   | 1269   | 13089  |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 1491   | 248    | 547    |
|           | Daman &Diu               | 625    | 71     | 279    |
| 33        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 439    | 53     | 1709   |
| 34        |                          | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 35        | Ladakh Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 36        | Puducherry               | 2030   | 633    | 1625   |