AGARTALA, March 7 (TIWN): Health Department of Tripura would launch a Statewide DDT spray to tackle malaria prone area.

As many as 195 teams are ready to begin DDT spraying in the malaria prone districts of Dhalai, Gomati, Khowai , North and South. The Centre has already given three lakh malaria kits and also instructed CMOs to ensure effective vigil about the deadly disease.

“We are going to launch DDT spray from first week of this month, well before the malaria season which starts from April/May, said National Health Mission (State) Director Sandeep K Mahatme here.

Altogether 96 patients died of malaria last year while the number of total affected people stood at 47,446. Worried by the outbreak of malaria, the health workers had collected around 5.80 lakh blood samples of Malaria .

As precautionary measures, the State has already manage one lakh medicated mosquito nets to distribute in the State’s Malaria prone area. “Since there is no provision of procuring mosquito nets under NHM, the State Government is planning to buy 50,000 mosquito nets before April”, said an official of Health department.

Already the Centre had sent experts to find out the reason behind of malaria positive cases. After conducting the study, the team has already submitted their report .