The initiative, undertaken by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), aims to target mosquito breeding in hard-to-reach and waterlogged areas along the river.
From wine-soaked ropes to breaking climate records, Iceland now has a new claim to fame: the island where mosquitoes finally dared to land.
The objective of the central team was to understand the factors behind Birbhum’s impressive performance in combating the mosquito-borne disease.
A famous Horace quote reads: “Nothing is an unmixed blessing”. This underlines the dual nature of human innovations ~ how they can solve our problems but also create new ones which lead to disasters. Yogi Berra aptly said: “The future isn’t what it used to be.”
The number of dengue cases in Laos has surpassed 20,000, with 11 deaths reported so far this year, according to the Lao Ministry of Health on Friday.
At a time when the Aedes mosquito has brought apprehensions in the neighbouring district of North 24 Parganas, Kolkata is heaving a sigh of relief.
Six people have died in Rajasthan due to dengue this year which includes a 14-year-old boy who lost his life to vector-borne disease on Monday.
The African continent is facing a rise in mosquito-borne infections, including malaria and dengue fever, which is placing immense pressure on public health systems, scientists warned Monday during a virtual forum held ahead of World Mosquito Day.
Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb met the relatives of a nine-year-old girl, who died from dengue at a private hospital in Siliguri on Sunday.
The Israeli Ministry of Health on Thursday reported three new deaths from West Nile fever, bringing the total number of fatalities in the current outbreak in Israel to 36.
