With 11 people founded to be afflicted with Chikungunya at its three blocks — Singur, Chanditala andKhanakul, the Hooghly health authorities has sounded a red alert in the district on Sunday.

The likelihood of the disease surfacing in these areas has provoked the medical fraternity to swing into action.

Speaking on this, Hooghly’s Chief Medical Officer, Bhusan Chakraborty said, “We had sent 30 blood samples for a test. Reports revealed that 11 people have been afflicted. An emergency meeting was held on 23 October, following which an alert was sounded. The reports reached district health department recently.”

With the help of local panchayat authorities, the district health officials are organizing awareness camps at the affected villages. Besides this, health providers have been also advised to conduct active surveillance in these villages.