The doctors are advising the public to eat a healthy diet and keep themselves away from any such place that breeds mosquitoes. Hyderabad: With the onset of monsoon in Hyderabad, cases of vector and water-borne diseases have witnessed a surge in the city. Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Hyderabad-based Government …
Ahmedabad: Over the last one and a half year doctors across major cities in Gujarat have been advising patients suffering from chikungunya and dengue to be careful of the after effects of the disease that affect the skin. Recently, doctors from VS hospital in Ahmedabad and PDU Medical College, Rajkot …
There has been a sudden spike in mosquito-borne diseases in the city. Of the total 243 dengue cases reported this season, 106 were reported during the last one week. According to the report issued by the corporations, 106 new cases of dengue, 30 cases of malaria and 13 cases of …
At least 25 fresh cases of Malaria and 30 cases of Dengue were reported by the various MCDs in Delhi last week, thus taking the total count of people affected by the diseases in 2018 to 195 and 137, respectively. The total number of cases of Chikungunya, however, reported till …
The Ig chikungunia blood test will be carried out to if the fever and pain do not subside in two or three days. Hyderabad: More than 300 cases of viral fever with pain in joints, ankles, knees and shoulder joints have been reported in Yapral, Alwal, RK Puram and Kushiguda …
Ranchi: Twenty-one new cases of chikungunya, three of dengue and three of dengue-chikungunya combined were detected at RIMS on Wednesday, the growing numbers of the vector-borne diseases in the capital prompting state entomologist (consulting) Sagya Singh to introduce a more lethal larvicide. So far, 128 chikungunya, 22 dengue and nine …
HYDERABAD: Global warming and climate change are making mosquitoes bolder and the germs they transmit stronger, leading to a spurt in mosquitoborne diseases, particularly chikungunya, researchers have discovered. Scientists at the city-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) have found a link between increase in chikungunya cases in south India …
Another malaria case was reported on Tuesday taking the total count to 21 in Chandigarh. As per the Health Department here, 18 cases of dengue, 21 of malaria and two of chikungunya have been reported in the city. The fresh malaria case was reported from Mauli Jagran. Officials said they …
GURUGRAM: Three more cases of dengue have been confirmed in the city, taking the total count to four this season. While a 30-year-old man from Bhondsi village and a 17-year-old girl from Sun City area have been detected with dengue, another man in his 30s from Naurangpur village has been …
With 34 fresh cases reported last week, the total number of malaria cases has reached at 207. On the other hand, the total number of people affected by dengue is 117 while the figure for chikungunya stands at 64, according to a data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation …
NEW DELHI: Delhi government has advised private hospitals and nursing homes to increase their capacity by up to 20% of the approved bed strength in view of increasing dengue, malaria and chikungunya cases. The tariff levied for such beds shall not be more than 50% of the lowest category at …
HYDERABAD: Dengue is virtually on the prowl in Hyderabad and Telangana this year. If official statistics are any indication, dengue prevalence over Telangana has more than doubled so far this year (January 1 to July 20) as compared to the corresponding period last year. In the last week alone, 56 …
AGARTALA: Tripura health minister Sudip Roy Barman said on Tuesday that cases of malaria are decreasing in the state. While addressing an event on prevention of communicable diseases at Pragna Bhawan here this afternoon, the state health minister said two people have died of malaria and one person died of …
HYDERABAD: Coinfection of dengue with other similar ailments like malaria and chikungunya makes matters worse for patients and diagnosis difficult for doctors. With cases of coinfection on the rise, doctors say they are finding it difficult to diagnose the health issue. As all the three pathogens causing malaria, dengue and …
NEW DELHI: The capital’s three civic bodies have time and again complained about lack of money when it comes to executing key projects. However, it has emerged that north corporation has failed to utilise most of the funds sanctioned under the dengue control programme in the last one year or …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has found 21 construction sites, four schools and a BRTS workshops, which are the most prominent sites of mosquito breeding. The civic body has been conducting an inspection of mosquito breeding sites since a week. Administration charge worth Rs 2.65 lakh has been levied on these …
PUNE: The number of chikungunya cases may not be on a drastic rise like dengue, but it still is keeping medical practitioners and citizens in the state on an alert. Between January 1 and July 7 this year, 178 chikungunya cases were reported from across Maharashtra. In the same period …
NEW DELHI: Malaria is turning out to be the fastest spreading mosquito-borne disease this season. As per municipal data released on Monday, 75 people have been affected by malaria as on July 21 this year. It is higher than the number of people affected by dengue (43) and chikungunya (34), …
NEW DELHI: At least 29 cases of malaria have been reported in the first three weeks of July in Delhi, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the national capital this season to 75, according to a municipal report released on Monday. Two cases of …
At least eight fresh cases of malaria were reported in the first week of July, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the city to 54. With the arrival of the monsoon increasing fear of vector-borne diseases, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has started …
NEW DELHI: If there is a pool of stagnant water or possible mosquito breeding sites in your house or property, get it cleared immediately or get ready for an FIR against you. South Delhi Municipal Corporation, for the first time, has registered FIRs against three people in Greater Kailash for …
