PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
JAIPUR: Hopes of a visual impaired persons having corneal blindness of getting vision dashed as another potential eye donor died of dengue. When eye bank officials reached 45-year-old person to retrieve his cornea after his death in Vallabh Nagar in Kota, the team had to return empty handed."Not everyone can …
Kolkata: The dengue sting has reached the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area that recorded its first death this year at Kestopur's Prafulla Kanan on Wednesday. Barely 5km from Madhugarh in South Dum Dum — the epicentre of dengue this season — the neighbourhood is perilously close to the Kolkata civic area. …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of people are suffering from an outbreak of diarrhoea, malaria and dengue in Bangladesh and Nepal as the waters from the worst floods in a decade recede, officials and aid agencies said on Wednesday. More than 1,400 people have died in the floods that have …
The capital has, however, seen a decline in cases of chikungunya this season, with 392 patients testing positive for the infection, a nine per cent drop as compared to the previous year. The capital has reported over 1,000 cases of patients testing positive for dengue this year — a 54% …
HYDERABAD: A study by scientists from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology - Hyderabad, University of Liverpool and NIPER-Guwahati has for the first time highlighted the association between weather and Extrinsic Incubation Period (EIP) of dengue virus in the mosquito, for different states of India. Findings of the study have opened …
As many as 39 persons have tested positive for dengue in the district this year. Most of the cases have been reported from the city. So far, 630 suspected dengue patients have been admitted to hospitals in the district. Of them, 39 patients have tested positive for dengue. Of the …
The rise in the number of dengue cases across the district due to the favourable conditions for the breeding of mosquitoes has become a cause of concern not only for local residents but also for the district health authorities. As many as 13 confirmed cases were reported in the district …
BENGALURU: In its first admission that the number of dengue cases is spiralling threateningly, the BBMP on Wednesday said the city has reported 4,280 cases so far this year, a shocking seven-fold rise over the previous year. The rising number of dengue cases and the looming garbage crisis in the …
The district administration has asked the Health Department to take action against private hospitals if they fail to report the cases of swine flu, dengue, malaria and chikungunya. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ravinder Singh, at a meeting of health officials, asked them to write to the Medical Council of India …
Around 3,500 mosquito breeding checkers belonging to three municipal corporations of Delhi went on indefinite strike from Tuesday threatening to mar the civic bodies' humble attempts to control spike in cases of dengue, chikungunya and malaria. Corporations' boots on the ground, these workers, known as domestic breeding checkers (DBC), are …
Ahmedabad: With 541 fresh cases of malaria, falciparum and chikungunya reported at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run hospitals, urban health centres and government-run hospitals in the last week, there seems to be a rise in the number of malaria and dengue cases in the city. These cases include 456 fresh cases of …
The municipal corporations of Delhi reported at least 110 fresh cases of dengue in the last week, till August 26, taking the total count of affected people in the National Capital Region (NCR) to 945 — 435 in Delhi and 510 in the neighbouring states. The total number of cases …
It makes reporting of every suspected case mandatory The State Medical and Health Department is going to be better equipped to deal with dengue as the government is all set to recognise it as a “notifiable disease” and publish it in the Extraordinary Gazette dated August 28. It makes the …
PUNE: Dengue virus is on the prowl mainly on the city fringes. Almost 60% of dengue cases reported this year have been detected among residents living in areas falling under the city's four ward offices. A total 147 out of the 248 patients, who tested positive for dengue, are from …
KOTA: The menace of swine flu and dengue has intensified in Kota. Three more patients have been tested positive for swine flu, taking the number of patients to 57 since January. Similarly, 149 people have been tested positive for dengue. Swine flu has claimed nine lives and dengue one life …
Bhopal: Two people have died due to dengue and two H1N1 patients succumbed after contact with deadly contagion, here on Tuesday. So far, this year over 40 people have tested positive for dengue. 18 cases of H1N1 have also been reported from Bhopal alone. "Dengue and H1N1 deaths have been …
BENGALURU: Prevailing drought conditions in most parts of Karantaka and the presence of more than one virus stereotype have contributed to the increasing incidence of dengue in the state. This is the conclusion drawn by a central team of experts, which visited the state last week for a dengue audit. …
Ahmedabad: Even as citizens of Ahmedabad are grappling with the severe swine flu outbreak, they need to remain equally wary of vector-borne infections, especially dengue. According to the weekly health report released by the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), some 36 fresh cases of dengue were reported last …
Vasco: Around 22 cases of suspected dengue have been reported in Mormugao constituency and efforts are on to curb the situation, Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida said on Thursday. Almeida was speaking during a review meeting attended by the Vasco health officer and heads of private hospitals in the port town. …
Punjab was among worst-hit states in last 2 years The state is facing a threat of outbreak of vector-borne diseases — dengue and chikungunya. Around 2,000 suspected and 127 confirmed cases of dengue have so far been reported in the state. Besides, 750 clinically suspected and 17 confirmed cases of …
