Haryana on high alert against dengue

Chandigarh: Haryana health minister Anil Vij has put hospitals across the state on high alert and urged them to go for a sanitation campaign to prevent the onset and spread of dengue. “We have put our hospitals on high alert. We have provided equipment to the hospitals wherever there is a shortage. We have told the district officers to take a massive cleanliness drive to run the sanitation campaign,” Vij said. He added, “Till now, 542 confirmed cases have been reported in Haryana and one death. Initially it was seen in the adjoining state of Delhi and is spreading very fast.” The state government in the capital has started to take precautionary measures and has instructed government and private hospitals to not turn away patients with dengue symptoms.