INDIA: Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper says the spread of dengue in the host city New Delhi is alarming
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INDIA: Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper says the spread of dengue in the host city New Delhi is alarming
- Title: INDIA: Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper says the spread of dengue in the host city New Delhi is alarming
- Date: 3rd September 2010
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 02, 2010) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MIKE HOOPER WORKING ON A LAPTOP (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMONWEALTH GAMES FEDERATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MIKE HOOPER SAYING: "Dengue is a cyclical problem here in India and indeed in other countries to do with climate and monsoon etc. It is concerning obviously and part of this is something that everyone is aware of and has been made aware off. We ourselves, through the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, wrote to our members following his recent visit here back in August, touching on things like venue safety and security etc. He touched on the issue of dengue and wanted to reassure our members that prevention is better than cure and all that needs to be done is being done." MEDIA CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES ORGANISING COMMITTEE (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES ORGANISING COMMITTE SURESH KALMADI SAYING: "All the government, whether state government or the central government health department or the local Municipal corporation, MCD is playing a very active role. So all three of them are battling it on war footing. All the water bodies are being treated with chemicals and the Organising committee has cleaning and waste management (experts) on board, which is looking after the Games village. And there is regular fumigation in all areas in and around the venues. And also fogging twice a day morning and evening, so we have taken a lot of steps and we kept one person in charge of each area to see that it is clean and mosquito free." WORKER WASHING CLOTHES AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE MOSQUITOES BREEDING IN THE STAGNANT WATER CONSTRUCTION SITE OF A GAMES RELATED PROJECT
- Embargoed: 18th September 2010 03:36
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: Health,Sport
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- Story Text: A top official of Commonwealth Games Federation has cautioned against the rising cases of dengue in New Delhi, which hosts the next edition of the Games in October.
Alarmed by the number of dengue cases in New Delhi, Mike Hooper, chief executive officer of the Federation, said in the Indian capital that 'prevention was better than cure."
"Dengue is a cyclical problem here in India and indeed in other countries to do with climate and monsoon etc. Its concerning obviously and part of this is something that everyone is aware of and has been made aware off. We ourselves through the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, wrote to our members following his recent visit here back in August, touching on things like venue safety and security etc, he touched on the issue of dengue and wanted to reassure our members that prevention is better than cure and all that needs to be done is being done," Hooper said on Thursday (September 2).
The over 1,000 suspected dengue cases reported in New Delhi has added to the woes of the Commonwealth Games organisers, already struggling with construction delays and fighting corruption charges.
However, Suresh Kalmadi, the president of Organising committee for the 2010 games was confident about the efforts of the civic authorities to control the spread of the disease.
Kalmadi told foreign correspondents in New Delhi that all the agencies concerned were working in tandem to control the breeding of mosquitoes.
"All the government, whether state government or the central government health department or the local Municipal corporation, MCD is playing a very active role. So all three of them are battling it on war footing. All the water bodies are being treated with chemicals and the Organising committee has cleaning and waste management on board, which is looking after the Games village. And there is regular fumigation in all areas in and around the venues. And also fogging twice a day morning and evening, so we have taken a lot of steps and we kept one person in charge of each area to see that it is clean and mosquito free," said Kalmadi. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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