With the onset of the monsoons, cases of malaria have shown a significant spurt. In the first fortnight of the month, nearly 600 cases of malaria have been detected.
Moreover, this monsoon-borne disease has caused two deaths so far. Earlier in 2019, zero deaths were reported in the city due to malaria.
On Tuesday, August 18, the BMC stated that the death audit committee confirmed the recent deaths due to malaria of a 27-year-old from the G north-ward and the death of a 40-year-old from the M east-ward.
The civic body had earlier inspected a total of 1,72,572 places like wells, water tanks and swimming pools. Of these, 4,601 malaria sites were destroyed. A total of 53,92,754 places including water pipes, tires, odd articles and money plant trees were discovered where possible larvae of dengue were found. 15,593 places with dengue larvae were discovered and destroyed.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had also asked the BMC to set up a panel of all the government agencies and work on filling up the potholes in order to ensure road repair work is completed all across Mumbai in view of the monsoons. There have been ongoing studies that have driven theories about the impact of monsoon with the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Moreover, since diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya are usually accompanied with high fever, doctors feel that people might suspect that they have contracted the coronavirus which can cause further panic in the minds of the citizens.
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