Climate change responsible for 19 pc of rising dengue cases: Study
Amid record year for dengue infections globally, a new study has found that climate change is responsible for 19 per cent of rising dengue burden.
Amid record year for dengue infections globally, a new study has found that climate change is responsible for 19 per cent of rising dengue burden.
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.
Health and Family Welfare Department officials said that the state government has intensified preventive and containment measures in affected districts.
The Dengue detection centres, run by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will remain open during the pujas to serve people who might be suffering from fever for three to four consecutive days.
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.
