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 …
The number of patients, who have tested positive for dengue in the Kapurthala district, have touched 670 in recent weeks. Out of the 1,237 suspected cases, who reported with dengue like symptoms at local health institutions, 670 tested positive for the disease. As many as 74 persons have tested positive …
Hostile weather condition has been cited as the reason for the sudden rise in the number of dengue cases. Frequent low pressure-induced rainfall was the main reason behind the suddent spurt in dengue cases, the official said. Over 100 samples have tested positive for dengue virus in Kendrapara district this …
Panic had gripped Khanna and its surrounding areas after four dengue deaths were reported in three days. However, the Health Department had not confirmed any death due to dengue in the area so far. A woman identified as Kamla Devi (50) of Saloudi village died at Civil Hospital Khanna allegedly …
AHMEDABAD: In civic body hospitals and urban health centres alone, around 250 cases of chikungunya and dengue were reported over the past month-and-a-half, indicates data of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Of these cases, 116 were reported in October. The western part of the city is the worst affected. "Increasing …
Dey said the state government is not trying to suppress any information regarding dengue cases or deaths. Though dengue is mostly a city-centric, this year, such cases were from suburban areas and districts, he said. Since January this year, 18,238 cases of dengue have been reported from different parts of …
Bhopal: Thirty seven patients were tested positive for dengue and chikungunya in single day, in the state capital on Tuesday — the highest since the vector-borne outbreak began in July. Recognising that outbreak could further escalate, Bhopal commissioner Ajatshatru Shrivastava summoned an emergency meeting of civic body, health department and …
Trichy: Trichy corporation has netted a sum of Rs 7.21 lakh in the past 10 months in penalties from residents during the inspection drive carried out to eliminate the source of breeding of dengue-causing aedes mosquitoes. About 80 per cent of the penalty amount was said to have been collected …
493 from Mohali city, followed by 316 from different villages in the district and 173 from Nayagaon. The health department had collected the samples of 1,880 suspected persons. The district on Tuesday reported 58 new dengue cases, taking the total number to more than 1,200, the highest across the Tricity. …
NEW DELHI: Delhi has registered 650 fresh cases of dengue in the past one week taking the total number of confirmed cases this year to 5,870. The death toll due to the disease, as per the latest report by municipal corporations, stands at three. No new deaths have been recorded, …
CHENNAI: The fight against dengue "has to be a people's movement", and school children need to get involved, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, who was recently appointed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) deputy director general, programmes. Dr Swaminathan is well-known for her research …
Kolkata civic body rubbishes reports on dengue control failure Drawing flak for its handling of the dengue menace in the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Monday maintained it has been effectively able to control the spread and alleged a "deliberate attempt" at misinformation about its tackling of the disease …
JAIPUR: Health department has accepted that so far four persons have died of dengue during the recent spurt in numbers of dengue cases in the state. Two persons have died in Kota and two in Jaipur. However, 3,174 persons have already been tested positive for dengue. It is a dengue …
Chennai: A bitter battle between age-old rivals is brewing on social media. The contestants: Sceptical allopaths and combative Siddha practitioners. The referee: A defensive state government. As the fight over the curative power of the herbal concoction, 'nilavembu kudineer', unfolds on stage, it has left the public divided. The cleave …
HARIDWAR: A 30-year-old woman died on Saturday due to complications arising from dengue fever, her relatives said. However, the district administration refused to confirm if the death was due to dengue. Garima Gupta, 30, a pharmacist was unwell for some time and was shifted from Haridwar to Delhi’s Apollo hospital. …
Coimbatore: The number of dengue patients undergoing treatment at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital touched 42 on Sunday while the number of patients admitted with fever reached 187. None of the patients are in a critical condition, the hospital authorities said. "All patients are responding well to the treatment. …
City hospitals are getting 5-10 cases on a daily basis; health officials on their toes Dengue is slowly taking the district in its grip with 650 cases testing positive for the epidemic till now and reports of several others are still awaited. This is the data available with the Health …
Ludhiana: Fresh cases of dengue have been reported, with the total touching 290 from Ludhiana district alone, as per data from the health department. District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Kumar said: "The cases are increasing sharply, and full precautions need to be taken by residents. Vector-borne diseases are spreading fast, and …
Madurai city corporation on Thursday carried out dengue prevention measures in the Anupanadi Housing Board area. Corporation commissioner Aneesh Sekhar inspected the area and checked if mosquito breeding is present in any containers at households. Finding a larval growth in three newly constructed houses in the area, he slapped the …
Thanjavur: Claiming that the number of dengue cases has started coming down, health minister C Vijaya Baskar has promised to bring the fever under control within 10 or 15 days across the state. Speaking to reporters after visiting dengue-affected patients who are being treated at the Thanjavur Government Medical College …
In first 11 days of September, the BMC had recorded 102 dengue and 271 malaria cases. This month, till October 15, 124 dengue and 287 malaria cases have been recorded In first fortnight of October, the civic health department recorded 124 confirmed dengue cases, a slight drop from September, when …
