A recent outbreak of dengue fever has generated concerns in the Panjgur district, with reports indicating a significant number of infections among men, women, and children, as stated in a report by Dawn.
During a meeting conducted by the health ministry, which included the Secretary, Punya Salila Srivastava, and other senior officers, Nadda reviewed the current Dengue and Malaria situation in the country.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has identified seven wards under its limits as ‘vulnerable areas to dengue.’
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities have urged people who are suffering from fever to get their blood samples tested as the current hot and humid weather is ideal for the multiplication of dengue-bearing Aedes mosquitoes.
An adolescent girl died of dengue on Friday at the staterun R G Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata. Family…
Abinash Shaw (20), a resident of Ranganiapara, under Ward 42 of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), has become the first victim…
With the advent of the monsoon this year the annual confusion over the number of dengue- affected people and deaths in West Bengal has returned. So has returned the political slugfest over allegations against the state government of suppressing the figures of those affected on this count and the counter- allegations against the opposition of creating panic among the people by bloating the numbers.
After vacant plots and abandoned old dilapidated structures, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now set to put under-construction buildings under scrutiny as a part of the dengue prevention drive.
Taking cognisance of the escalating situation arising from the vector-borne disease, Kejriwal directed all hospitals to reserve beds for dengue patients; ensure adequate stock of essential medicines.
