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 continues attacking civilians and claiming lives, killing seven more, including five women, on Monday, while taking the death toll to 265. 42-year-old Shah Jahan from Thoker Niaz Baig and 18-year-old Hina Ismael from Model Town died in Jinnah Hospital, 36-year-old Amna from Krishan Nagar in Gangaram Hospital, 52-year-old Khalida …
AHMEDABAD: The attack of dengue and malaria in the city may be more severe than what is reflected by the figures given out by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The situation is grave as the civic body has given data of cases in municipal hospitals only. Private hospitals too are …
After a gap of three years, chikungunya, a viral disease spread by mosquitoes, has struck in a big way at a village in Kalka. Of the 21 people from Majra Mehtab village who had reported at the local hospital with symptoms of dengue, eight have been found to be suffering …
A sharp increase in number of dengue patients has been witnessed in the recent days, even as Health Minister Rao Narender Singh today claimed that the government had taken steps to control dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the state. He said the Dengue Diagnostic Test Kits were being provided …
Another seven people lost their lives on account of dengue fever during the last 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 224, of which, 200 relate to Lahore. Secretary Agriculture Punjab (Focal Person for dengue) Arif Nadeem told reporters at a briefing here on Friday that government is working …
Fifty-year-old Anita Murari, wife of Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) director Dr Atul Murari, died of haemorrhagic shock induced by dengue fever at the B L Kapur Memorial Hospital in the early hours of Thursday. “She was brought to our hospital emergency ward on Wednesday night. Her platelets were falling …
City Has Reported 375 Cases Since January Gandhinagar: Ahmedabad has recorded the highest number of dengue cases in the state since January this year. Till October 2, dengue cases in the city were 34 times more than what were recorded in Vadodara, 20 times more than in Rajkot and 112 …
Another seven people lost their lives due to dengue fever during the last 24 hours, of which, six died in Lahore and one in Gujranwala. Director General Health Punjab Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry told media at a briefing here at King Edward Medical University on Wednesday said that besides taking …
During the past 18 days, Chandigarh has witnessed an upsurge in the number of dengue cases reported from different hospitals, both within the city as well as the region. While the total number of cases of dengue from the city has risen to 16, the number of cases from neighbouring …
Cases of dengue, even deaths have been reported in the state, while health officials say that things are under control. An official in the health department, requesting anonymity, said, “Due to the ongoing T-strike, work in a number of T-districts has been hampered as health department staff has not been …
Dengue claimed eight more lives on Monday in Lahore, taking the death toll to 223 in the city. The victims were 40-year-old Nasir Bashir of Shakargarh, Zareena, 50, resident of Farooq Ganj, Amina, 30, resident of Band Road, Husn Pari, 70, of Kot Khawja Saeed, Shahnaz, 50, of Ban Road, …
Another nine people lost their lives during the last 24 hours on account of dengue fever, Secretary Health Punjab Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, said. Briefing media about the steps taken by the government for controlling the dengue fever, Jehanzeb said here on Thursday that about 608 confirmed dengue cases have been …
New Delhi: With 10 more people testing positive for dengue, the total number of cases rose to 293 in the city even as the MCD has launched a special awareness drive targeting schools. “Ten new cases of dengue were reported from different hospitals in the past 24 hours,” Dr V …
Vector-borne diseases impose enormous health and economic burdens and additional methods to control vector populations are clearly needed. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been successful against agricultural pests, but is not in large-scale use for suppressing or eliminating mosquito populations. Genetic RIDL technology (Release of Insects carrying a Dominant …
The total number of people affected by dengue in the city has risen to 283, with 72 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease in the past one week here. Eight new cases of dengue were reported from different hospitals in the past 24 hours, according to the Municipal Corporation …
Another four patients died of dengue virus in the provincial capital on Sunday. Reports said 65-year-old Kursheed Ahmad died of the virus at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Muhammad Saleem of GOR-II and Muhammad Sarwar of Gujranwala died at Mayo while 60-year-old Shahnaz Mushtaq of Walton Road succumbed to dengue virus …
There is no let up in dengue epidemic, as five more deaths have been reported due to this deadly virus, while 464 confirmed dengue patients have been reported in Punjab out of which 379 cases reported in Lahore raising the total number of dengue patients to 12379 in Punjab and …
Almost half the districts in the province are now in the grip of the mosquito-borne dengue fever while the number of patients of the disease across the province has almost doubled over the past two weeks, it emerged on Friday. The latest figures released by the provincial dengue surveillance cell …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Delhi reported 14 new dengue cases on Thursday taking the total number of cases of the mosquito-borne diseases to 230 for this season. According to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), there has been sharp increase in dengue cases across the city in the last …
Four more people including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Mumtaz Ahmed Jajja died due to dengue fever here on Thursday. Mumtaz Ahmed Jajja who was MPA from Bahawalpur was under treatment here at the intensive care unit of Jinnah Hospital for the last three days. Doctors said, all efforts were …
