The health department teams are visiting the areas affected by the disease. The health department has made an appeal to the people not to accumulate water in and around their places as aedes mosquitoes spread in clean water.
The number of dengue patients in Ghaziabad has crossed 600. However, no death in the district has been reported due to dengue, which is spread to people through the bite of infected aedes mosquitoes.
Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Monday wrote a letter to the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya over the surge of dengue cases in the state and urged the Centre to send a 'Team of Doctors to guide the State Govt and provide
Around 295 positive cases of dengue have been reported between November 1 and 7, said officials with the anti-malaria wing of the municipal corporation. Last year, there were around 6739 cases reported in the month of November.
In view of an alarming surge in dengue cases, all schools and colleges falling within the Diphu Municipal Board and the Greater Diphu Town area in Karbi Anglong district of Assam will remain closed for five days this month.
The CM directed nodal officers to make field visits and ensure time-bound implementation of measures to contain the spread of the vector-borne disease.
As per unconfirmed reports, over 36 people recently lost their lives in Prayagraj due to dengue. However, no government agency is providing official data regarding deaths due to dengue.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): With dengue cases rising, the Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled the leaves of all doctors and paramedical staff.
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): The Delhi Government has asked all the hospitals to reserve 10-15% of their hospital beds for vector borne diseases (VBD) patients, taking cognizance of the current situation of vector-borne disease (VBD) cases, especially dengue, in the national capital.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Pakistan's capital city Islamabad reported 104 more dengue cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 30,267 in the country this year, local media reported citing the Islamabad District Health Officer (DHO), on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday presided over a high-level meeting with senior officials from all concerned departments, including the health department, to discuss the rising number of dengue cases.