8th monsoon session of the 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly Session concludes
Source: IT News
Imphal, August 27 2019:
8th monsoon session of the 11 Manipur Legislative Assembly Session which begins yesterday concluded today.
Members of the three Financial Committee of the State Legislative Assembly were elected on the last day.
During calling attention motion moved by MLA Khumukcham Joykishan and MLA Okram Surjakumar, Health Minister L.Jayentakumar said that the state health department is taking up all measures to prevent the spread of Japanese Encephalitis.
Health Minister Jayentakumar said that Mosquito is the carrier of the JE virus.
The Mosquito carried the virus after it bite pigs or migratory birds.
The most dangerous one is the virus which are carried from pigs.
In order to prevent the JE the state health department, Veterinary department and the Malaria department have been jointly taking up various measures.
Fogging and providing of Velodona tablet and vaccination of JE have been carrying out at various places.
Taking Velodana Tablet twice a day for children and 4 tablets a day for aged people will prevent infection of JE for a week.
As the medicine has been provided by the AYUSH there is no side effect.
The state has stock to provide the medicine for one month, the Health Minister said.
The Minister said that in 2015, 6 peoples were infected by JE, in 2016 the number of JE patient is 47, in 2017 the number reached 195 and in 2018 reported case of JE is 85 .
For the current year as of now number of JE cases reported have reached 232 and among these 5 patients have died.
Those patients died are from poor family and low immune system was the cause of the death.
He appealed people to keep the surrounding clean to prevent spread of JE.