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 …
Lucknow: Breaking all records, the dengue tally for the state touched 10,621 on Saturday. Officials said 279 new cases were reported while 500 suspected cases came to light between Friday and Saturday. In Lucknow, 10 new cases took the tally to 685 on Saturday. Chief medical officer Dr SNS Yadav …
AHMEDABAD: Records of the city's major hospitals do not match figures given out by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) when it comes to the number of dengue cases and deaths reported in the city. While the AMC maintains that just three people have died because of dengue since the beginning of …
CHANDIGARH: With 7,388 cases of malaria and 1,401 cases of dengue during this season in Haryana, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has stressed the need to introduce measures on how to control water borne diseases and sanitation in the syllabus of students of schools. He was presiding over a meeting …
Kolkata: Panic over dengue has spread faster than the disease itself in the congested neighbourhood located 700m from Belgachhia Road, thanks to two deaths in the past three days there. In fact, anxious residents on Wednesday blocked Jessore Road in front of the Belgachhia tram depot, demanding steps to contain …
Punjab’s Local Bodies Department had been using the wrong insecticide to tackle dengue, depending on deltamethrin for fogging (hot vapours used to carry the spray and keep it airborne; done outdoors) whereas it is actually meant for spraying (applying insecticides on walls/roofs to kill mosquitoes), say sources. Alarmed by the …
Clinical trials for Ayurveda-based drug for dengue, jointly being carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Ministry of AYUSH, are in the "advanced stages" and presently its clinical safety and efficacy is being tested, senior officials today said. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), …
VADODARA: Thirty four fresh cases of dengue were reported in the city on Wednesday. The north zone of the city continued to reel under the outbreak by registering the highest number of cases. According to Vadodara Municipal Corporation data released on Wednesday evening, 99 samples were tested for dengue. Of …
Chennai: Septic shock, viral haemorrhagic fever, encephalopathy - medical jargon has often served as a smokescreen for civic and health officials who want to hide dengue deaths. This season is no different. However, this time such manoeuvres have brought them in the firing line of senior officials. In a review …
The National Green Tribunal today lambasted the officers of Delhi government and other official bodies for "sitting in air-conditioned rooms and doing nothing" to check the spread of vector-borne diseases in the national capital. Castigating the government departments and municipal bodies over the situation, the green panel expressed anguish when …
The end of the monsoon saw a significant spurt in dengue cases in the city, with 61 positive cases being reported between September 1 and October 7. The total number of cases till October 7 this year is 105, with September and the first week of October accounting for nearly …
Lucknow: Nine new cases of dengue were reported in the city on Monday. With this, the tally for dengue in the city touched 631. Chief medical officer SNS Yadav stressed on prevention as there was another fortnight for dengue virus to wreak havoc. "Change of temperature post-Diwali is known to …
Lucknow: The high court on Monday said the state government and its officials have failed to check dengue menace in the Uttar Pradesh. Court rapped the officials for their "callous attitude" in handling the epidemic which claimed many innocent lives. "We have to do something," said a bench of Justice …
RANCHI: Monsoon has officially retreated from Jharkhand in the first week of October but vector-borne dengue continues its steady march in the state's malaria endemic districts. The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in Ranchi, the state's biggest medical facility, has recorded 154 positive dengue cases this monsoon season till …
Dengue outbreak looks to be worsening with 41 fresh cases being reported on Monday. The northern parts of the city were the worst affected with 24 cases being reported from the area. Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) officials said that in all 99 samples were tested for dengue on Monday. Besides …
Lucknow: A total of 11 persons were reported to be affected with dengue on Sunday, taking the tally of patients to 622 in Lucknow district. According to the office of the chief medial officer, fogging would be conducted in Paper Mill Colony, Babu Banarasi Das ward, Saadatganj, Khareeka and Ibrahimpur …
AHMEDABAD: A PIL in Gujarat high court has demanded quick action by civic bodies and state government to check the outbreak of diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya etc. The PIL filed by Swaraj Abhiyan sought HC directions to authorities to undertake cleanliness campaigns by taking effective steps for collection and …
45 fresh cases of dengue, 11 of chikungunya reported from tricity, surrounding areas The tricity and its surrounding areas today reported 45 fresh cases of dengue and 11 of chikungunya. Out of these, 33 fresh cases of dengue and 11 of chikungunya were reported from the Mohali district today taking …
As many as 54 fresh cases of dengue were reported from the tricity and surrounding areas today, including 17 from Mohali district, 28 from Chandigarh and nine from Panchkula. The total number of dengue cases reported from the Tricity and surrounding areas have reached 2,102. Besides, 17 fresh cases of …
MEERUT: Despite medical authorities claiming that viral fever, dengue and chikungunya cases have started showing a downward trend in the district, cases of dengue and chikungunya are again on the rise in the past one week. While chikungunya cases increased from 626 to 714, dengue cases rose from 153 cases …
With the state battling over 4,500 cases of dengue, joint director of health services Dr Kanchan Jagtap is at the helm of affairs and is handling both vector-borne and water-borne diseases, along with monitoring epidemics. Her unending workload also includes attending sessions in the court to tackle as many as …
