Overview
- Authorities report rising infections across multiple districts, including Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Tenkasi, Theni, Cuddalore, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Ariyalur.
- District and city health officials have been directed to intensify source reduction, daily larval surveillance, periodic indoor fogging and targeted larvicide use in high-risk areas.
- All hospitals and primary health centres have been told to maintain mosquito-free wards with adequate bed capacity, ensure mosquito nets for patients and keep government-approved diagnostic kits in stock.
- Mandatory, timely reporting from public and private facilities has been reinforced, with expanded blood-sample collection and IgM ELISA confirmation in fever-prone areas and Rapid Response Teams on standby.
- Residents are urged to scrub water-storage vessels weekly, remove stagnant water, use repellents and protective clothing and seek testing to distinguish chikungunya from dengue if symptoms develop.