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 …
A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company premises to stop the spread of dengue fever, an official said Tuesday. The Indian Ocean island nation is battling an outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral infection …
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are common vectors for dengue virus and chikungunya virus. In areas where both viruses cocirculate, they can be transmitted together. During a dengue outbreak in Delhi in 2006, 17 of 69 serum samples were positive for chikungunya virus by reverse transcription
The number of dengue deaths has passed 127 and counting. The affected persons have exceeded 9000. In 2005 the number of patients that died from dengue was 28 while there were 5994 dengue patients. In 2006, 48 patients died from dengue while 11980 were affected. In 2007 the number of …
Mumbai Veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati Hospital with suspected malaria infection on Sunday morning, was said to be recovering on the second day of hospitalisation on Monday. The doctors, however, said that they now suspect a dual malaria-dengue infection. At the time of hospitalisation, Kumar was …
Cuba will airlift a stock of BTI (Bacillus Thuringenesis Israelensis) - a bacteria species, today to control the rapidly spreading dengue epidemic that has claimed 155 lives while the number of dengue cases reached a staggering 12,800 mark by yesterday, the Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry said.
Latest Health Ministry statistics show that the number of dengue cases had risen to over 12,300 with 152 deaths. Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said the Ministry was specially concerned with the situation in 68 divisional secretariats and was continuing with its ongoing measures to eradicate dengue and other mosquito …
Sri Lanka plans to import BTI bacteria,( Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) commonly use as a bioinsecticide to destroy mosquito larvae from Cuba next week to control the fast spreading dengue epidemic in the country. Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that he has already ordered a stock of BTI bacteria …
Two senior Ministers yesterday in Parliament called for the government to introduce the Cuban bio-control method to arrest the Dengue epidemic which had now become a global issue. Construction and Engineering Services Minister Rajitha Senaratne and Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Tissa Vitharana made this remark at an adjournment …
Two more dengue deaths have been reported in last 24 hours in the twin-cities, taking the toll to three in the last one month. Chandana Honnannavar, of Ambedkar Colony in Hubli died at a private hospital on Thursday morning. She was not well since last Sunday, and was being treated …
The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry last month launched a massive program to combat dengue in 68 divisional secretariat divisions with the patronage of MOH offices, PHIs and Civil Defence Committees. Under this program, in Colombo district alone 23,100 houses were inspected and 6,138 of them were found to be mosquito …
Although the word 'Environment' is not mentioned in Local Government enactments, Local Authorities in Sri Lanka, were playing an important role in the management and protection of the environment. Long before the Central Environment Authority was established in 1981. In fact before the Central Environment Authority was set up, the …
As Sri Lanka painfully battles the dengue epidemic and swine flue, it is an irony that people in poor countries like Sri Lanka, which have contributed least to carbon emissions, should suffer disproportionately the resulting climate change. Higher temperature will change the distribution and increase the burden of various vector-borne, …
Out of the 18 blood samples sent for test from Uppinangady and Puttur limits in Dakshina Kannada districts for dengue fever, 8 have been tested positive, said District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Jagannath. Speaking to Deccan Herald, he said all the blood samples will be sent again to Bangalore for …
New Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council has started spraying and fogging to sanitise and control mosquito-breeding in the New Delhi area after the insects were found breeding near the Prime Minister
Six dengue patients have died at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital upto now, according to latest records. Hundred and three patients have been treated at the hospital, Provincial Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Asoka Wadigamangawa told the Daily News. Wadigamangawa said dengue cases have been reported from Kurunegala, Narammala, Polgahawela and …
Health authorities battled to contain the ever increasing dengue epidemic with an island wide surveillance and clearing programme yesterday while the number of dengue related deaths rose to 134 and the number of cases touched the 9,300 mark, health ministry source said. A combined programme assisted by Ministries of Healthcare …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is raining curses on the fishing community along this 26-km coastal stretch of the district. It is not just the devouring fury of the rains the poverty-stricken coastal community has to contend with. This time, the higher powers have unleashed ruthless armies of the most virulent strains of …
The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today urged the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa to immediately appoint a special committee to suppress the spreading of dengue. Dr. Upul Gunasekara, the Secretary of the GMOA said that appointing a committee is vital at this moment as the dengue fever is spreading throughout the …
Kandy has recorded the highest number of dengue deaths which is over 22. One thousand four hundred and fifty dengue patients have also been reported from Kandy, Central Provincial Health Services Director Dr. Shanthi Samarasinghe said. Dengue cases have been reported from Kandy town, Yatinuwara, Udunuwara, Akurana and Galagedera areas. …
