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 fever has claimed three more lives here in the city, the death toll reaches to 17. According to details, Nadeem, a resident of New Mazang was shifted to Services Hospital four days back where the doctors diagnosed him with dengue virus. Nadeem could not survive due to reduction of …
Secretary Health Punjab, Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan has appealed to all the private hospitals through media to provide data of dengue patients visiting to their facilities to the health department so that accurate and effective future planning could be evolved. He said this during media briefing regarding dengue fever in KEMU …
Latest figures released by the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka's Health Ministry show that the dengue cases are on the decline during the past month. According to the statistics released on Tuesday, in the first two weeks of September only 585 cases of dengue have been reported. Sri Lanka recorded …
Dengue In Check, But Rise In Chikungunya Cases Worrying Trend New Delhi: Mosquitoes have again become a big menace in the capital. Latest MCD figures show that while dengue remains under control, cases of malaria and chikungunya have increased significantly. As many as 745 people have been diagnosed with malaria …
AHMEDABAD: The diseases chart in the city had been soaring up during the last few months. The number of suspected malaria deaths in the city has gone up to 59 in the last one-and-half months according to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). There have been in all five dengue deaths till …
Bhawanipatna: The recent causality by Dengue outbreak in Odisha is frowning upon with several deaths being reported from various places of the state. Though not as grim as in the most affected areas like Anugul and Jharsuguda, the situation in Kalahandi–one of the backward areas of the country–does not speak …
The Sri Lankan government pledged cooperation with the Punjab government in its fight against dengue virus on Saturday after Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a diplomatic contact requested for the country’s help that had combated the viral disease in the past successfully. The Punjab chief minister thanked President Mahinda Rajapaksa …
Incharge Sindh Health Department’s Dengue Surveillance Cell Dr Suresh Kumar said during last 24 hours six more dengue cases were confirmed in the province. He said presently 10 dengue patients were admitted in government and private hospitals of Karachi and Naushehro Feroze. He said this year 175 dengue cases have …
Dengue fever is increasing rapidly with the ongoing rains and 124 persons are reported to have died as at September 2. Over 17,000 dengue cases have been reported from all parts of the country this year so far. The public needs to be vigilant and attention should be paid on …
As many as 86 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Punjab during the last 24 hours, reports issued by the Provincial Health Department revealed on Tuesday. The Punjab government had failed in controlling the dengue outbreak, which has now transformed into a pandemic. According to statistics issued by …
GANDHINAGAR: The war on mosquitoes will be escalated in the city, with the state health department urging municipal corporations of Ahmedabad and Surat to intensify efforts to control the growing menace. The health department has asked the municipal corporations to ensure proper follow-up of individual malaria or dengue cases that …
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Friday, extended full support to the Punjab government in coping with the growing number of cases of dengue fever. The prime minister, who is in the provincial capital, directed his principal secretary to contact the Punjab government and assist it in taking necessary preventive …
The health and district government officials have misled the senior Punjab functionaries about the true picture of dengue by concealing facts as the actual number of patients in Lahore is hundred times more compared to those officially reported so far, it is learnt. The situation is under control in other …
Two deaths in less than 15 days in Pakkashahidan village of this district due to fever have left the villagers jittery even as malaria and viral fever have spread in the entire district. Veer Pal (18), a school-going girl, caught fever five days back and was getting treatment from a …
The Health Ministry initiated its pilot project of spraying the locally cultured Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis, within the premises of the State Engineering Corporation, Pre-Cast Yard on Negombo Road in Peliyagoda. Addressing the gathering present at the site, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday (01), that the use of BTI to …
The dry patch over Delhi is not the sign of withdrawal of monsoon. The rains are here to stay for this month. While Friday will continue to remain hot, Delhi may get respite from heat during the weekend. The soaring temperature, however, is conducive for the mosquitoes to breed and …
New Delhi: Seven new cases of dengue were reported in the city on Thursday, taking the total number of cases of the disease to 73 this season. According to MCD officials, maximum number of cases are being reported from Civil Lines and Karol Bagh zones. “On Thursday, we have received …
AHMEDABAD: After the state lost the first round of chemical warfare against mosquitoes, the state health department has been advised to update its armoury. Initially, 'white' powder - chalk mixed with 5% of a substance called malathion - was used to arrest mosquito growth. But it proved to be ineffective. …
The total number of the dengue affected list in Odisha rose to 912 on Tuesday. According to non-official sources, 26 persons have died so far of the deadly virus. On Tuesday, 187 samples were tested in SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Capital Hospital in Bhubanswar and VSS Medical …
Some 116 more people were tested positive for the dengue virus in Punjab, including 113 in Lahore only, on Tuesday. According to a spokesman for the health department, the total number of dengue patients all over the province has reached 1,235 so far.
