TIWN
TELIAMURA, Aug 6 (TIWN): Tripura state found itself in the grip of an unprecedented malaria outbreak in Teliamura, Athara Mura area under Khowai District. Today one girl child was having malaria in Teliamura Hospital. Doctors and Health department are silent. However the child was reffered to GB hospital.
Since section of tribal people do not complete the full course of drugs, they become drug resistant and are moving reservoirs, once a mosquito bites them, it can infect others.
Many malaria cases are reported according to source.The tribals are reluctant to give blood for testing; they don’t allow DDT spraying inside their homes, which have poor sanitation, they also rear pigs close to their homes. A three-member Medical team arrived here Wednesday along with medicines in Atharamura area under Teliamura as reported.
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