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 …
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KOCHI: Though the city residents are trying their best in learning to live with mosquitoes, the scare of spreading dengue fever is scaling up. Though the Corporation put two autorickshaw- mounted fogging machines out in Mattanchery and Ernakulam areas, the service has not yet reached all divisions.
Southeast Asia and South Pacific island nations face a growing threat from malaria and dengue fever as climate change spreads mosquitoes that carry the diseases and climate-change refugees start to migrate. A new report titled "The Sting of Climate Change," said recent data suggested that since the 1970s climate change …
According to a spokesman of the Punjab Health Department, 34 people more were diagnosed with dengue fever over the past 24 hours while five patients are under treatment in private hospitals. Meanwhile, 58-year-old Suriya Begum of Mughalpura died at the Services Hospital on Tuesday, whose dengue virus test was positive. …
A spokesman of the Punjab Health Department said on Friday that 79 new positive cases of dengue virus have been reported, while 27 new patients had been admitted to different teaching hospitals during the last 24 hours. The spokesman said that 103 dengue fever patients were currently under treatment in …
The Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council, which inspected 3,100 premises on Wednesday, found mosquito breeding grounds in 409 of them. 180 were given notice under the mosquito borne diseases ordinance. The Council was faced with an outbreak of chikungunya at the beginning of this year. The symptoms …
At a time when the spurt in vector borne diseases have caught both the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the state health department unaware, bureaucrats and politicians are busy passing the buck. And this has resulted in confusion over the fate of the dengue kits, which were sought by the …
With dengue fever on the rise and an average of 25 cases of the disease being reported every day on average, the Anti-Malaria Department of the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has only fumigated less than half the city. Dr Atiqur Rehman Shahid told Daily Times that although using full-sleeved …
Of more than a thousand dengue patients reported at different hospitals in the province, 358 were tested positive. This was stated by Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed on Tuesday while issuing latest figures about the prevalence of dengue fever in Sindh. He said two more patients were brought to …
Dengue has claimed a life in Karnal while 18 of the 43 suspected dengue cases sent to the laboratory have tested positive. Suman of the Chand Serai area, who was admitted to a private local hospital and referred to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, reportedly died yesterday. Doctors at the …
Pune, October 21 Nine cases reported on Tuesday, malaria cases show decline. PCMC admn under fire With nine more dengue cases surfacing in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Tuesday, the total number of persons bitten by the aedes egyptia mosquito have risen to 62 from October 1. In the same 21- day period, …
A special fund of Rs20 million allocated for preparedness and relief initiatives about the mosquito-borne dengue fever is unlikely to be utilised during the prevailing peak season of the disease, said sources in the provincial health department on Saturday. It was in the middle of August that the health department …
Realising that the recent spread of the dengue virus in the districts and in the city could spell disaster in the post-puja days ~ particularly if two different types of dengue viruses are circulating in the state ~ the state health department has taken an initiative to detect the virus …
NEW DELHI: The number of dengue cases reported in the Capital so far this season crossed the 800 figure mark on Sunday. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi Medical Health Officer Dr. N. K. Yadav confirmed receiving a total of 14 new cases on Sunday taking the toll to 809 cases …
The number of dengue cases in the capital crossed the 600-mark over the Gandhi JayantiId-ul-Fitar break. Dengue cases soared up to 639. Meanwhile, a large number of domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) are back on duty, though some issues are yet to be sorted out. Municipal health officer N.K. Yadav said …
