Health dept directives to prevent dengue
The state health department and panchayat department are all set to take necessary precautionary steps against dengue to nip it in the bud.
The state health department and panchayat department are all set to take necessary precautionary steps against dengue to nip it in the bud.
He said the state government had made a comprehensive and coordinated effort to control all vector-borne diseases including dengue, but also tracing and treating all those infected with it.
Health officials predict that the dengue wave will linger for a few weeks. There are still more than 100 new dengue cases reported every day, 175 people tested positive for dengue on Wednesday
After the death of a 30 year old Siliguri resident, owing to dengue, Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) today held an emergency meeting with concerned officials to curb the dengue menace.
The CPIM activists yesterday staged agitation at Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) after the death of one Bappa Roy (30) owing to dengue.
In view of the same, the civic agency has intensified fogging at various locations and is adopting various measures to destroy mosquito breeding at these sites.
“Garbage piles and stagnant water were fertile breeding grounds for mosquitoes and with MCD failing to carry out fogging, mosquito menace has become intolerable in the city,” Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Chaudhary Anil Kumar.
The southern Sindh province reported 311 new infections, said the provincial health department on Monday evening.
With 50 million people affected by dengue every year, causing approximately 4 % of death, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, it is calling for action to minimize illness and deaths from dengue.
Most of the mosquito bites that cause dengue, happen during the day, in contrast with that of the malaria bites, that happen during the night.