Fogging is a Puerile Exercise: A Preliminary Study Done in the City of Kolkata, India, Following the Outbreak of DF/DHF in 2017, Has Revealed

Abstract

In 2017, the impact of fogging on transmission of dengue was studied in Kolkata City, India. As revealed, the measure failed to yield any positive results. Despite the massive fogging being carried out in different municipal wards, no sign of reduction in the number of dengue cases was visible. At the behest of Atin Ghosh, deputy mayor [erstwhile mayoral council member [health] of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the fogging was banned in 2019 and an era of vector management by applying all possible means of source reduction brought in.