Fear of dengue outbreak in waterlogged Patna

Patna:Fear of a dengue outbreak is looming large in waterlogged Patna with 640 patients being tested positive mostly in the last four days according to official data.
Unofficially, however, the number of dengue patients may be as high as 800.
According to health officials, dengue is spreading fast in the worst waterlogged residential localities in Patna.
What worries health officials is the stagnant, stinking water that still remains a problem in the bposh residential localities of Rajendra Nagar, Patliputra and Gola Road following so many days of heavy rain. Many areas, however, are now free of waterlogging.
Bihar Health Department Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar has, however, ruled out a dengue outbreak in the state capital.
“There is no indication of an outbreak of a vector-borne disease in Patna as per the views of experts”, he said, admitting, however, that chances are high of an epidemic.