Patna, May 14 -- Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Wednesday declared that a special awareness drive would be launched on National Dengue Day on May 16, to educate people on how to protect themselves from the Dengue disease.
Pandey said here that people would be made aware on National Dengue Day on May 16, about the measures required to be taken by them to protect themselves from the Dengue disease. Important measures needed to be taken included looking into areas where the chances of breeding of Dengue mosquitoes were high, cleanliness, and covering of such areas after cleaning them up, he added.
" Spread of Dengue disease usually increases with the onset of the Monsoon ", the Minister said, adding that a committee would be constitu...