City records 93pc less dengue cases from last year
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.
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.
In view of the same, the civic agency has intensified fogging at various locations and is adopting various measures to destroy mosquito breeding at these sites.
Most of the mosquito bites that cause dengue, happen during the day, in contrast with that of the malaria bites, that happen during the night.
The mapping of wards is being done, keeping all 47 wards as vulnerable, as cases have been found in almost all the wards.
Cutting down use of chemical larvicide at least by 50 per cent.
There are 134 VCTs and each team has three members in five boroughs under the SMC.
