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 …
Over 25 cases of dengue have been reported in the Capital so far this year, according to a report released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. Over 5,500 dengue cases and six deaths were registered in the Capital last year, according to the SDMC, which compiles the vector-borne …
Guangzhou is sparing no effort to prevent the spread of dengue fever after 400 confirmed or suspected cases were reported there so far this year. Yang Zhicong, deputy director of the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said measures to combat the disease are being strictly applied in the …
The spread of dengue has assumed alarming proportions in the State with 86 patients undergoing treatment in various hospitals across 15 districts. Of these patients, the conditions of 10 were stated to be critical. Sources said a total of 993 blood samples have been tested so far and 66 of …
RAWALPINDI: Environment and health departments on Wednesday found dengue larvae at 10 places, including Nawaz Sharif Park at Shamsabad and Nadir Cinema plaza in Satellite Town. The health department teams visited different areas and found dengue larvae on Murree Road and adjoining areas, as well as at the children’s play …
Five under treatment at SCB; one dead Till date, 55 persons have tested dengue positive out of 707 blood samples taken in the State, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak here on Wednesday. The Minister in a Press release said that only one person died in dengue …
With one more person dying in North Dinajpore of suspected encephalitis on Monday, the state’s death toll due to the disease reached 120. North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb held meetings with district administration and subdivision administration members. “We had discussed several ways of spreading awareness as far as the …
With a rise in number of dengue patients, scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) have urged Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to send blood samples of suspected dengue cases within five days of infection to make it easier to identify the serotype. “Identifying the serotype is challenging if samples …
Believed To Cure 90% Of Patients Even as a controversy rages globally over the eye-popping price of US firm Gilead Science’s hepatitis C drug at $1,000 a pill, Indian patients have already begun importing the medicine from countries like Canada, spending, in some cases, up to Rs 1 crore. The …
A rise in malaria cases has been reported in the district with most cases being found among migrant labourers and those frequenting other States. Confirming the presence of anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria virus, District Medical Officer P. Gopinathan said cases were being reported from Kasaragod, Kanhangad and Neeleswaram municipalities …
With monsoons advancing steadily into the city, cases of fever, malaria and gastroenteritis have observed a noticeable rise. From 1,278 cases of fever recorded by the civic health department in the first week of July, the cases jumped to 1,468 in the third week of July. For the same period, …
BHOPAL: It is not just dengue epidemic, which is looming large on the city. Health department also issued an alert for swine flu after cases were reported in nearby states, government officials said. "It is a precautionary measure and barring one in Indore, there has been no reported swine flu …
280 Cases Recorded This Month, Virus Has Claimed Two Lives This Year Pune city has reported 16 dengue cases every day during July. On Thursday , 38 fresh cases of dengue surfaced -the highest recorded in a single day this year. So far 280 cases were reported this month, of …
In a bid to control vector borne diseases like malaria and dengue, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has prepared a databank on potential mosquito breeding places in the city. In this unique approach, KMC's health department has prepared a 9,048 page databank in which the civic body has identified permanent …
Dhankawdi Reports Highest Number Followed By Ghole Road & Kothrud Residents of Dhankawdi, Ghole Road and Kothrud need to step up their mosquito surveillance as the area-wise distribution of dengue cases revealed that the highest number of cases is being reported from these areas. The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) insect …
Death Certificates Show Higher Toll, Says NGO Report The city's ill-health graph is a bit skewed, claimed NGO Praja Foundation on Tuesday. It used data drawn from BMC's health department to show a huge disparity between the number of deaths the civic body attributes to diseases and the reasons given …
Over 98 cases of dengue have been reported from the Kurunegala teaching hospital, recently. So far, there is an increase of over 90 percent compared with the previous year, Municipal Commissioner G. K. S. Chandralatha told the Daily News . She said last year it was possible to avert a …
MINGORA: Another dengue case was detected on Tuesday at Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, bringing the number of dengue patients during this season to 19 in Mingora city. Owing to fear about the possible outbreak of dengue epidemic the district administration had expedited the awareness activities to prevent dengue …
Mosquito-Borne Disease No Longer An Urban Phenomenon, Say Experts About 71% dengue cases have been reported from state’s interiors parts, which proves that the vectorborne disease is no longer concentrated in urban areas and is spreading to small towns and villages. Chandrapur district recorded 341 cases till June this year …
370 Medical Facilities Assessed It's not just scrap dealers, construction sites and residential premises that are home to disease-causing mosquitoes, our government-run hospitals also breed them. An entomological survey carried out at state-run hospitals across the state has found dengue-causing mosquitoes at 15% of the total number of medical facilities …
