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 …
Four dengue deaths and as many as 1158 dengue and 1057 chikungunya cases have been reported in the national capital till September 10, though their number was “less” than last year due to “preparatory activities”, AAP Government told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. The government denied claims that Delhi …
AHEMDABAD: In the last 14 days, the civic body's complaint cell received an overwhelming number of requests from citizens desperately seeking fogging and anti-vector activities in their housing societies. In September alone, the cell received 1,770 complaints, which is by far the highest number in a single month. The highest …
CHANDIGARH: 375 positive cases of dengue have been reported in health centres located in Chandigarh. Out of these, 98 patients belong to the union territory. One case of chikungunya has also been detected at Chandigarh. No death due to dengue has been reported till now. The Malaria Wing of Health …
KANPUR: As many as 66 more patients tested positive for dengue. With this, the figure reached 696 on Monday. As many as 16 more samples were sent to the microbiology department of Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi Memorial GSVM Medical College for examination on Monday. A large numbers of patients were witnessed …
Mohali: Dengue cases in Mohali district have reached over 200, chief medical officer Ranjeet Kaur has said. Around two weeks ago, Kamaldeep Goyal, 31, a resident of Kharar, was suspected to have died of dengue in Mohali. Another suspected dengue death was reported from Mohali around three weeks back. Sources …
As many as 6,581 cases of malaria have been reported from the state till now. Over two third of these cases have been detected in Mewat alone followed by Yamunanagar, Palwal and Bhiwani. A total of 4,388 patients suffering from malaria belong to Mewat district which recorded 6,600 cases last …
Gaya: More than a week after the outbreak of dengue in the western part of Gaya town, the health department has not allegedly gone much beyond the survey stage. Several dozen residents of the area are suffering from the deadly disease. Whereas, six dengue patients have been admitted to Anugrah …
Lucknow: The dengue tally for the state climbed to 2,173 cases on Monday. Besides, official data showed that 179 cases were reported in the past 24 hours. Infectious diseases cell director Dr Satya Mitra said dengue cases have come to fore from 24 districts and they have been confirmed by …
With dengue cases on the rise in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday launched an awareness campaign in the city being carried out by the state police as he joined in a clean-up drive clearing choked drains with the help of spades and shovels. Rawat caught eyeballs as he …
The latest data on spread of vector-borne diseases in the state has left civic bodies red faced. The report shows that 88% of dengue cases in the state and 65% of malaria cases have been reported from the eight municipal corporations. At the same time there were no cases of …
Dengue has played havoc with lives of citizens in the city, the Delhi high court has said, stressing the need for effective steps to control the damage. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal on Saturday said that "several measures stated to have been undertaken …
Lucknow: Six new cases of dengue were reported in the city on Sunday, taking the tally of those affected to 187. This is the official record from the health department, taking into account samples tested positive by government standards of Elisa test at government hospitals or health department. To spread …
AHMEDABAD: The sting of the dengue carrier mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is getting sharper and deadlier, and more of its victims are dwellers of posh neighbourhoods than those living in slums. General physicians and intensive care specialists have now warned that if dengue "fever with chill" is not reported in the …
DEHRADUN: Dengue cases in Dehradun have spiked to 729 on Thursday across the state the count has gone up to 776. In Dehradun, ELISA tests are conducted only in Doon medical college hospital and SRHU, Jolly grant. Surprisingly, the department has deployed barely 'two' technicians to do ELISA tests and …
KOLKATA: The dengue onslaught refuses to stop even after claims of combative steps by health officials and civic bodies. With the death of a six- month old baby in a private hospital on Tuesday, dengue has claimed more than 30 lives this outbreak. Currently more 500 affected are being treated …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has identified dengue-causing mosquitoes Aedes Aegypti in 793 houses under ward number 1, 2 and 8 during the survey conducted from Sunday to Tuesday. The officials also found nearly 270 people suffering from general fever during the survey. However, none of them suffered …
Patna: Dengue and chikungunya are fast spreading in the state capital. According to Patna civil surgeon office, two cases of chikungunya and three cases of dengue were reported on Wednesday. With this, total 158 cases of dengue have been reported in Patna district so far. However, 103 are confirmed cases …
CHENNAI: Dengue can even be transmitted from otherwise healthy humans who show no symptoms of the disease but carry the virus, a pilot study across the state has found. Until now, it was believed that only sick people could transmit the disease through the aedes mosquito. The study found that …
The health authorities have sprung into action after the detection of dengue and malaria cases in the district. So far, around 90 cases of malaria have been reported, while five patients have been tested positive for dengue. Officials of the Health Department said that several teams of the National Health …
The Immature Platelet Fraction (IPF) test during dengue can prevent unwanted blood transfusion along with the complications related to it, a study by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said on Monday. If the IPF, a modern parameter that measures young and thereby reticulated platelets in peripheral blood, is high then there …
