A 29-year-old woman who was admitted in Tata Main Hospital on Tuesday has tested positive for dengue on Friday.

East Singhbhum district officer for integrated disease surveillance (IDS), Sahir Pall confirmed about the detection of dengue in the steel city.

"The patient who has tested dengue positive on Friday is a 29-year-old woman. She is a resident of ECC Flat area in Kadma and is presently admitted in the Tata Main Hospital, "said Pall to The Telegraph Online.

The district IDS officer said this was the first dengue case here in the steel city this year and now they will have to deal with both dengue and pandemic Covid-19.

He pointed out no case of dengue had been reported from the city in 2020.

"The district health department will have to call a meeting of health and sanitation officials so that necessary steps can be taken to stop the disease from getting spread, "Pall said.

A person who falls victim to dengue develops symptoms like high fever, headache, pain in muscles and joints as well as rashes. In severe cases the patient suffers from bleeding and shock which may become life threatening.

Dengue is caused due to the bite of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which breeds in stagnant rain water.

Despite the city reeling under the deadly coronavirus infections, the management of Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd which maintains the city had started a drive against the stagnant waters in residential areas from the month of May. Ironically, the first case of dengue was detected from ECC Flat area which comes under the Tata Steel command area.

Generally, the vector-borne disease like dengue remains dominant in the steel city's fringe area like Bhuiyandih, Parsudih, Bagbera and Mango.