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 death of a four-year-old girl native of Karaikal due to dengue has brought the death toll due to the disease in Karaikal and Puducherry since January this year to four. So far, there have been two deaths of Puducherry natives and two deaths of Karaikal natives due to dengue. …
Dengue took in its grip 32 more people in the national Capital, taking the number of those affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 1,936 this season. These cases were reported from East, South and North Delhi Corporation areas, while three more cases were reported from outside Delhi. So far, four …
The world’s most effective vaccine candidate against dengue is all set for trials in India and if all goes to plan, the vaccine will be available globally by 2015. The vaccine will be tested on 120-odd adults in the beginning, the results of which should be available by 2013. Thereafter, …
Cuddalore: Cuddalore district authorities imposed prohibitory orders to book people and institutions disposing waste in public places in an effort to prevent dengue outbreak. The order, which came into force from Sunday, will continue for the next two months. It is a first such move by a Tamil Nadu district. …
New Delhi: With 34 people testing positive for dengue on Wednesday, the toll touched 1,546 in the capital. A maximum of 580 cases were reported from South Delhi Municipal Corporation, 519 from North Delhi Municipal Corporation area and 380 from East Delhi Municipal Corporation. Other cases of the vector-borne disease …
State Health Minister A.K. Walia today said that in order to exercise more effective control and better management of dengue, 3,400 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) engaged by the East, North and South Municipal Corporations would now carry out domestic breeding checking throughout the year in place of the present practice …
The Delhi Government’s Health Department has engaged 3,400 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) to exercise more effective control and better management of dengue in the Capital. Health Minister Dr. A. K. Walia said: “The Corporations will continue to carry out domestic breeding checking throughout the year instead of the present practice …
The dengue’s deadly sting in neighbouring Bokaro district and Bengal have set off the alarm bells in Dhanbad. The district health department has stepped up efforts to spread awareness regarding the vector-borne disease besides drawing up a strategy to prevent breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the carrier of dengue. …
Sri Lanka Ministry of Health says it is taking several measures to eradicate the dengue menace in the country. The Minsitry says a feasibility study is under way to spray the larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI) bacteria by air to prevent the spread of the dengue mosquito. The Ministry plans …
Dengue continued to spread in the Capital with 39 fresh cases being reported on Wednesday, taking the total number of people detected with the mosquito-borne disease this season to 1,288. While 37 cases were reported from three municipal corporations, two cases were reported from VVIP areas in the Capital. A …
AHMEDABAD: If you thought malaria and dengue affected only slums or lower-middle class localities, you are mistaken. Last month, consolidated data showed that western and posh new western parts of the city accounted for a large chunk of vector-borne diseases. The western and new western parts of the city reported …
New Delhi: Dengue cases in the capital rose to 1,288 on Wednesday, with 39 more people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease, official data said. Of the new cases, 15 were reported from areas of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, 14 from South Delhi Municipal Corporation, eight from East Delhi Municipal …
A new species of dengue-causing mosquito — the Asian Tiger mosquito — has been spotted in Delhi and it is resistant to traditional control mechanism. The same mosquito variety is also responsible for the sudden rise in dengue cases in Delhi, said an MCD official. Municipal officials said Asian tiger …
Unable to control the spread of vector-borne disease, dengue, officials of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) today said that 'Albopicuts', another mosquito species that carries the dengue virus, is responsible for the large number of dengue cases being reported in the city. These species of mosquitoes were found in …
The sewage chamber catering to locals and residents of a Mhada colony in Khernagar, Bandra (E), has been left "broken" for a month now, with the civic body having made no attempts to repair it. The over 10,000 residents have been forced to live in filthy conditions, as their bathrooms …
Five confirmed dengue positive cases were reported from Chandigarh City. Till date, 298 confirmed dengue cases have been reported during this season. The NVBDCP Unit of Health Department, Chandigarh Administration, has enhanced field activities for the prevention and control of dengue. In order to review the reporting and surveillance mechanism, …
Number Higher Hospitals, path labs rely on cheaper and faster ‘rapid test’, but these patients don’t figure on the official list The official count for dengue cases in the Capital on Monday stood at 1,200, but the total could be way higher. Dr Lal Pathlabs alone claims to have tested …
District Medical Officer warns of an epidemic outbreak Garbage disposal in the city has been hit for the last 10 days. The corporation had signed a contract with a Salem-based company for removing the city’s garbage. However, garbage removal from the city to Salem got disrupted after residents of Salem …
There is no end to the dengue menace in the city despite fall in temperature. The number of cases of the mosquito-borne infection, which has taken the shape of an outbreak over the last two months affecting more than 1,200 people and killing two others as per official records, continues …
JAIPUR: Dengue cases in Jaipur have shot up dramatically in less than a month with the report of 176 such cases in the city. However, the medical health and family welfare department downplayed the situation claiming that in comparison to the corresponding period last year, the number of dengue cases …
