Fever camps held in Madurai city; fogging intensified; civic body appeals to residents to keep surroundings dry and clean

With the onset of the Northeast monsoon, the civic authorities have stepped up preventive measures across the 100 wards in Madurai city.

Corporation Commissioner Gaurav Kumar and officials from the health department conducted a series of inspections at thickly populated wards on Wednesday.

According to the officials, fogging has been intensified twice a day. Each vehicle would cover eight kilometre radius daily.

Already, fever camps have been held and based on the previous cases, the officials had deployed a total of 1200 DBS workers across the 100 wards , who provided basic screening for the beneficiaries. They urged the people not to neglect fever and advised to reach out to the nearest UPHCs or any hospital.