Panchkula DC orders intensified efforts as dengue cases climb to 1,230
Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) was tasked with organising daily fogging operations and issuing public announcements to alert residents on preventive measures.
Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) was tasked with organising daily fogging operations and issuing public announcements to alert residents on preventive measures.
No fatalities have been reported so far this season, health officials said, adding that currently nine patients are recuperating in hospital while those with mild symptoms are being treated at home
In Bengaluru, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief commissioner Tushar Giri Nath has tested positive for dengue and is currently recuperating at home.
Chairing a meeting of officials to review the dengue situation in the district in Dharwad on Thursday, she said that tendency of handing over work to subordinates would not be tolerated.
This has necessitated the development of a universal dengue vaccine that can safeguard people from this deadly infection
There are currently no specific treatments for dengue, a growing disease threat, the company said ahead of presentation of the data at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting
Figures from Bangladesh's Directorate General of Health Services published on Sunday night said 1,006 people had died, among more than 200,000 confirmed cases