The regional office of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) is expected to submit a report to Health officials who will examine in detail the conditions that led to the outbreak of dengue and cholera at Mavoor last year, so that preventive measures can be taken to avoid a similar situation this time.
A team led by NCDC Joint Director K. Reghu visited the area recently against the backdrop of a migrant labourer from West Bengal getting admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital with symptoms of cholera. The labourer was staying at Ayamkulam within the Mavoor grama panchayat limits. The NCDC team inspected wells on the premises of houses and collected larvae samples from Ayamkulam.
Water samples were also collected from seven places including the pumping station of the Kerala Water Authority at Thathoorpoyil, Cherupuzha river at Thengilakkadavu, wetlands, and a tank for a local irrigation project. Water samples from chlorinated water sources too have been collected to check the presence of cholera bacteria.
Three migrant labourers were diagnosed with cholera at Thengilakkadavu, and seven were found to have its symptoms last year. According to Health officials, a single mosquito larva was found by the team in a well at Thengilakkadavu that had been closed last year following the cholera outbreak.
The officials said pointed out that there was a possibility of a dengue outbreak if dry eggs of disease-carrying mosquitos were left unnoticed as they would hatch soon after a single spell of rain.
