Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 21.12.2023 titled “6 dead, 1000 infected in suspected cholera outbreak in Rourkela dated 22/12/2023. The original application is registered in suo-moto exercise of power on the basis of the news item …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS Chennai Consumption of contaminated water is the main reason for increased reports of the disease across Vyasarpadi, Tiruvotriyur and Tondiarpet, as more than 20 have been admitted with diarrhoeal disorders in the past one week CHOLERA cases have been increasingly reported in the city for the …
SRINAGAR, Aug 30: As over 30 fresh suspected cases of cholera and gastroenteritis were reported in Kashmir, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department today issued guidelines for creating public awareness to combat the epidemic. After reports of hundreds of patients complaining of cholera and gastroenteritis like symptoms in Kupwara, Budgam …
Anita Joshua Cholera cases reported in Swat Valley Concern over second wave of deaths ISLAMABAD: As flood waters continue to wreak havoc in the southern parts of the country, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) on Wednesday expressed grave concern about the health hazards posed by receding water amid reports of …
BERHAMPUR: With the death of two more persons on Tuesday, the toll due to diarrhoea in the last one week went up to 12 in the tribal- dominated Buratal panchayat under Patrapur block in Ganjam district. Cases of diarrhoea were first reported in Adapathar village and it later spread to …
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): A cholera-like epidemic is widely spreading in Bhingar and the adjoining camp areas in Ahmednagar and about 500 persons have fallen sick of it, the district civil hospital sources said today. Contaminated water supply and lack of cleanliness said to have caused the epidemic. The epidemic has claimed …
IN spite of the death of a patient and over 50 others suffering due to suspected cholera, sanitary conditions and drinking water quality continue to be in a very poor quality, the people of Muthampatti, a village in Salem district, complained to the Collector (in-charge) Kalaiarasi on Monday. The people …
June 24: The district administration has constituted mandal-level teams to take preventive measures to check the outbreak of seasonal diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, malaria, filarial and jaundice in the monsoon season. Mandal teams will work under the supervision of mandal development officers, most importantly in rural areas. Staff working in …
Rajahmundry, June 14: Health authorities are initiating measures to contain the outbreak of seasonal fevers like malaria, dengue, cholera, typhoid, gastro and others in both East and West Godavari districts as several parts in both the districts are witnessing rainfall for past few days. Drains are overflowing especially in urban …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS FIFTEEN days ago, Kamala was one of the first women at Dr Ambedkar Nagar, Aynavaram, to be diagnosed with cholera. Since then, 25 more cases of cholera have been reported from three streets in Aynavaram alone. These reports came in, despite Mayor M.Subramanian
Hyderabad, May 31: With the rise in temperature and water contamination in various areas, as many as seven cholera cases have been reported in the city since the beginning of the year. Of these cases, five patients were treated at the Fever hospital in May and were later discharged. Recently, …
Two persons including a Ponnappasanthe Gram Panchayat member Mani died of suspected cholera. About 12 persons who are suffering from suspected cholera are getting treated at Government Community Health Centre in Gonikoppa. Gram Panchayat member Mani breathed his last on Thursday night while Kanhi (60) of Balaji village died on …
Vadodara: In all, 14 villages of Dahod district were declared cholera-hit on Thursday. Of these, 12 villages belong to Jhalod taluka of the district following which the entire taluka has been declared cholera-threatened. The decision to issue a notification in this regard was taken after pathological samples tested positive for …
C Shivakumar | ENS MORE than 20 people from North Chennai were admitted to the Communicable Diseases Hospital in Tondiarpet in the last two days after they showed symptoms of cholera. Hospital sources said, "In the last two days, more than 90 patients were referred to the hospital for di …
If all goes well, India will have its first-ever oral cholera vaccine available in the market by the end of this year. In a recent development, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has invited applications to commercialise the vaccine which can be administered orally, like the polio vaccine.
Taking preventive measures with an apprehension of outbreak of contagious disease cholera and stop the onset and spread of communicable disease, Collector Nishant Barvade declared Hoshangabad district as the notified area. This order would be effective for the next six months. According to information, the sale of stale sweetmeat, rancid …
SOLAPUR: An epidemic of cholera mainly in the slums in the eastern part of Solapur city has affected 4,048 people, leaving nine dead in the last one week. Speaking to The Hindu Solapur district Collector Jagadish Patil said,
A trial of a new oral cholera vaccine in Kolkata is promising but, as Patralekha Chatterjee reports, a vaccine is only one weapon in the battle against the disease.
