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Nadda directs states to boost response measures against dengue, malaria

As the South West Monsoon advances deeper into the Indian subcontinent, Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, on Thursday, directed states and Union Territories to strengthen surveillance, vector-control measures and healthcare preparedness to tackle a possible rise in dengue and malaria cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

5 buried alive during soil digging in UP

Five people, including two minor girls, were buried alive when a portion of a mud mound collapsed in Tarkardih village under Kokhraj police station area here on Monday morning.