RAWALPINDI: As many as 1757 teams under ongoing indoor and outdoor surveillance campaign have inspected 8, 945, 414 sites in various areas of the district from June to November this year.
District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr Sajjad Mehmood told reporter Tuesday that 1321 teams checked 6, 520, 270 houses during indoor surveillance, and larvae were destroyed at 35, 653 sites. The 436 teams, while during outdoor surveillance, checked 2, 425, 144 sites and larvae were found at 2855 places, he informed.
Dr Sajjad further added that under the drive, the district health authority had sealed 316 sites, issued notices to 2882 owners, challan 956, registered FIRs against 292 and imposed a fine of Rs 3, 356, 500 on violators from June 1 to November 30 in the Rawalpindi district.
He said the required case response activities were carried out there and urged the residents to keep their water tanks clean and not leave any place wet with stagnant water.
The health officer said indoor and outdoor surveillance to check the occurrence of dengue spread was underway and advised the residents to adopt preventive measures and inform the department immediately if dengue larvae were found in their houses as the government alone could not check the spread of dengue larvae.