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 …
Dengue and other types of viral fevers continue to hit residents, with a number of patients thronging the local PGIMS as well as government and private hospitals in the district. Ansh, a 14-year-old boy of Sector-1 here, who had tested positive for dengue, died at a Delhi hospital. A 22-year-old …
161 confirmed cases reported in district in the past 18 days The number of confirmed as well as suspected dengue cases in the district is increasing day by day. As per the records of the District Health Department, as many as 547 confirmed and over 1,400 suspected dengue cases have …
KOLKATA: Stung by more than 20 dengue deaths in Kolkata this year, the civic authorities have marked out areas that are at risk from the virus. Blood samples of victims sent to National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) have revealed that 80% had Type-II dengue, the most virulent …
With 9,000 cases reported this season so far, the state is heading towards its worst dengue outbreak in years. According to the data compiled by the Health Department, at least 6,500 cases have been reported in October alone. As many as 21,737 suspected cases of dengue have been recorded this …
The weekly report released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday claimed 290 fresh cases of dengue reported in this week, taking the total confirmed cases to 1,310. A report released on ‘The State of Health in Delhi’ hints at gross under-reporting of dengue and malaria cases in …
HYDERABAD: Contrary to the usual trend of the dengue season coming to an end in the month of October, this year the virus has become more active with 477 new cases being reported over the last fortnight. On Tuesday alone, 86 new cases were detected in the state, 20 of …
PATNA/GAYA: Dengue has assumed alarming proportions in the state with the number of people suffering from the mosquito-borne disease reaching 671 on Tuesday. At least 33 of 38 districts are reeling under massive dengue outbreak. Government health facilities in the state capital are struggling to cope with rush of dengue …
After Swine Flu fear, it's the dengue fever that has kick-started with whopping numbers. There are 110 cases in just a week. Interestingly, eight doctors at Civil Hospital Asarva and three doctors at VS Hospital have been diagnosed with dengue. In a weekly health bulletin issued by the health department …
Eight cases of chikungunya were reported in the past week, taking this year’s total to 97. About 38 malaria cases were recorded in the past week, taking the total number of recorded cases this year to 385. The capital recorded a total of 180 dengue cases in the week ending …
There is a sharp decline in cases of dengue and so far only 62 cases were found positive compared to 307 last year, Deputy director (headquarter), health services, Jammu, Chander Prakash said. He said nine of the 62 patients have got the vector-borne disease from outside the state. The dengue …
Kolhapur: The menace of dengue still seems to be far from under control as 232 cases were reported in the month of September, of which 158 were from the city and 74 were from rural areas. The report from the health department said that out of the 30 cases reported …
As many as 3,942 dengue cases were reported in the state from January 1 to October 10 this year. Of this around 159 dengue cases were reported in Phagwara. This was confirmed by Special Secretary, Health, Punjab, Puneet Goyal, and Sumit Sharma, an epidemiologist, after a meeting with Municipal Corporation …
Nashik: The health department of Nashik Municipal Corporation will be conducting an audit of all dengue and swine flu cases reported in private hospitals in the city over the past two months. The decision comes a day after a patient complained to the NMC of being wrongly detected as dengue …
With around 2,500 confirmed dengue cases reported already, the state is in the severe grip of the vector-borne disease. Patiala, the home district of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Health Minister Brahm Mohindra and Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, tops the chart with 595 cases. It is followed by …
Disease is spreading fast in northern part of Bengal At least a dozen people have died due to dengue in West Bengal in the last two months. Last week, the vector borne disease claimed two more lives in Kolkata. In north Bengal, over 50 people are hospitalised in suburban and …
LUCKNOW: Five cases of dengue were reported from the city on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking the tally of affected patients to 87 since January this year. All cases, verified by the unit of vector-borne diseases control at the office of the chief medical officer (CMO), reportedly had no travel history …
At least three to five cases of dengue are being reported daily from the city. Five fresh cases of dengue were reported today, taking the season count to 79. One case each was reported from Sector 39, 45, 51, 55, and Daria village. Besides, 42 malaria and three chikungunya cases …
GURUGRAM: This monsoon has seen a huge spike in cases of viral infection. According to data provided by the Civil hospital, a total of 5,024 such cases have been reported this year as compared to last year’s 2,875 cases, a rise of around 75%. A whopping 403 suspected dengue cases …
Dengue cases have spiralled in the city with over 340 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease this season, nearly 70 per cent of whom were affected in September alone, a municipal report released on Monday said. Dengue cases have spiralled in the city with over 340 people being diagnosed …
KOLKATA: It took the death of a 21-year-old girl for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to go hard at dengue in Lotus Park, an area close to the Bijoygarh-Golf Green-Baghajatin belt where dengue had wreaked havoc last year. After Mou Mukherjee died of dengue at MR Bangur Hospital on Saturday, …
