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Rajasthan, despite its relatively dry and humid state, has become favorable to seasonal diseases and vectors such as swine flu, dengue, chikungunya, malaria and zika. This is because state hospitals continue to receive an increasing number of patients suffering from these diseases.
In fact, the state capital, Jaipur, has recorded the country's largest outbreak of Zika virus disease (ZVD). So far, about 10,000 patients with mosquito-borne diseases have been registered in this state, while more than 2,000 patients with vector-borne diseases have been discovered.
Zika's Epidemic
Jaipur alone recorded 135 laboratory-confirmed positive cases of Zika virus. within a month of September 21 and positive cases continue to emerge. However, according to sources at SMS Medical College, the actual number of people infected with the Zika virus far exceeds that officially declared. However, government officials claimed that most patients found positive in Zika had recovered.
Most cases of swine flu in India, the disease that left 279 dead in 2017, also continue to pose a problem to the state's health department this year. According to the Swine Influenza Daily Surveillance Report of the State Department of Health, between January 1 and October 24, 201 people succumbed to swine flu in the state.
During this period, 1,998 people were declared positive. for the H1N1 virus. According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Rajasthan, with about 25% of swine flu cases reported in India, has surpbaded Maharashtra where 1,793 people have tested positive for swine flu.
Following the last Zika virus outbreak, mosquito-intensive activities were conducted in Jaipur intensively over the last four weeks. But before, in Jaipur alone, more than 2,000 dengue cases were recorded.
According to official data from the Ministry of Health, a total of 4,773 positive dengue cases were recorded this year and 5 patients died of the disease. Jaipur and Kota, two cities to be developed as smart cities, have reported more than 2500 dengue patients this year.
Seasonal diseases on the rise
hospitals across the state while 4,342 malaria patients were found in the state. Looking in the current cases of the epidemic of Zika, the negligence of the health department and the municipal corporation of Jaipur clearly surface
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