new delhi first there were concerns about security then came the ignominy of rampant corruption and underprepared venues and now there is dengue dont be surprised if there are some more withdrawalsthe city is reeling under what in some quarters is being described as the worst spate of dengue in recent years and foreign athletes have already got a taste of it a malaysian athlete who participated in the asian all star athletic meet held at the jawaharlal nehru stadium on july 29 and 30 had contracted the disease the event was one of the test events for the games and the incident left the organising committee oc redfaced officials subsequently wrote to mcd about the case as per the norms as dengue is a notifiable diseaseconfirming the receipt of the mail municipal health officer dr n k yadav said we are aware of the case but there is nothing extra in terms of dengue control measures that needs to be done at the venues we are already carrying out all the necessary activities all across the city mcd sources however say the mail caused quite a furore and there were immediate orders to step up defogging and other measures at the venuessenior officials in the oc however refused to either confirm or deny the incidentjuly had been a particularly bad month for dengue with mcd reporting 51 confirmed cases whereas earlier it had never reported more than five in the entire month challans have been issued to several games venues including the yamuna sports complex r k khanna tennis stadium i g stadium and the games village the civic agency has put the blame of the dengue outbreak on the ongoing games construction work officials maintain that till the time digging stops and the holes are filled up it is next to impossible to keep a tab on accumulating water and spray chemicals there to prevent breedingwith little more than a month left for the games this is our last chance to pull up our socks and do as much as possible to prevent a repeat during the main event which will cause an unprecedented shame for the country it will be almost like we are reconfirming the ageold western notion of india as the land of mosquitoes and snakes said a senior mcd officialsources say after the athlete fell ill there was some panic among the games staff posted at the jln stadium no other confirmed case of dengue was however reported and the oc and other staff present at the venue were asked to keep the matter under wraps i am not aware of any other staff member or visiting athlete falling ill dr yadav said