According to the annual parasite incidence rate, the malaria rate in Chhattisgarh dropped from 2.63 per cent in 2018 to 0.99 per cent in 2023. Similarly, in Bastar, this rate decreased from 16.49 per cent to 7.78 per cent.
Amid the rising dengue cases in the state, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil on Thursday paid visit to GIMS hospital to take stock of the dengue situation.
Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party President BY Vijayendra on Thursday attacked the state government over the Dengue cases in the state and said that the Karnataka government is not "bothered", adding that BJP will raise the in Assembly.
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the dengue situation across the country and the preparedness of the public health system for prevention, containment and management of dengue in view of the onset of monsoon an
On the rise in cases of Dengue in Karnataka, state Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday said that they are strictly monitoring the situation adding that all departments have been instructed to keep doing source reduction.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the state has reported 7,362 positive cases to date in Karnataka and instructed the officials to eliminate mosquito breeding sites.
Earlier today, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj held a meeting with all the Delhi Hospital's chiefs over preparations to combat Dengue and other vector-borne diseases.
On Friday, Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday chaired a meeting, which was attended by the concerned departments of the Secretariat over preparedness to deal with Dengue.
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said that they are strictly monitoring and taking proper steps on how to reduce the proliferation of dengue mosquitoes amid the rise of dengue cases in the state on Monday.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday said that all concerned departments have been instructed to prevent the accumulation of water in their respective jurisdictions to prevent the risk of dengue, chikungunya, and malaria amid the monsoon season.