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Delhi: 36 cases of dengue in a day, official tally for the season 384
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Sunday, August 22, 2010 |
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36 cases of dengue were reported on a single day in New Delhi.Authorities are worried about the spread of dengue as the city will host the Commonwealth Games in October, a month which generally sees high prevalence of the disease.The civic body said it was trying its best to control the spread of the vector-borne disease, reports The Times Of India. |
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Delhi: Hospitals reports high incidences, municipality says otherwise
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Saturday, August 21, 2010 |
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Hospitals in New Delhi reports a surge in dengue cases. Many hospitals reports dozens of cases, which is double of that of cases stated by MCD.Deep Mathur, MCD spokesperson, said: 'MCD officials have been working overtime with hand-held fogging machines to prevent further outbreak of dengue. Additional vehicle-mounted fogging machines were deployed in the area.', reports Sify News. |
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215 confirmed cases of dengue in Delhi till Aug 15
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
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215 cases of dengue were reported in New Delhi till August 15th.This is more than ten times of that of 2006, a year when there was a dengue outbreak. 25 percentage of the total OPD patients in private hospitals are showing dengue-like symptoms.Civic agencies say that massive breeding has been found in many parts of Delhi, especially in Commonwealth Games venues, reports The Times Of India.
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Delhi: Dengue danger at Games venues and hospitals
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 |
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Several Games venues, including the Village, are found to have breeding sites of mosquito.There is the danger of dengue at Games venues and hospitals. A spurt of dengue cases is expected this year, like it happened in 1996, 2003 and 2006. Both Government and private hospitals have reported an increase in dengue cases, reports The Times Of India. |
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Delhi: Too many dengue patients, too few beds at hospitals
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
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There are too many dengue patients and too few hospital beds. Some hospitals are accommodating more than one patient in a single room. Many Delhi hospitals have reported complete occupancy and have stopped admitting patients.Dengue cases have doubled over the last two weeks, say doctors at most hospitals, reports The Times Of India. |
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Mumbai: More suffer from Diarrhoea than Malaria
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
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Cases of diarrhoea are more than the ones of malaria in Mumbai city. It tops the list on number of affected people. It is caused mostly by consumption of contaminated water. The diarrhoea cases have doubled in the last year, reports Hindustan Times. |
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Mumbai: Kurla tops the list of unhealthy wards in the city
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
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Kurla is named the unhealthiest ward in Mumbai city, according to a white paper by the Praja foundation.There were 14,593 sensitive disease cases reported in the last one year. The top five cases registered are diarrhoea, malaria, hypertension, tuberculosis and diabetes, reports The Indian Express. |
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H1N1: 83 deaths in the country last week
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Monday, August 09, 2010 |
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There were 83 deaths due to H1N1 virus in the last week in India. A maximum of 51 deaths were reported in Maharashtra.Till date, samples from 1,54,259 people have been tested for influenza H1N1 and 36,240 (23.4%) of them have been found positive, reports Daily News And Analysis. |
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H1N1 infection rate at a high of 40% in the second wave, says NIV
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Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
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H1N1 infection rate is at a high of 40 percentage in the seocond wave, warns the National Institute of Virology, Pune. The number of people affected are much more than that of the past year. Misra, director of NIV said that any kind of flu symptoms should be aggressively treated, reports The Medguru. |
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Gujarat: H1N1 claims 11 lives in the latest phase
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010 |
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H1N1 has claimed the lives of 11 people in the past month in Gujarat. The virus doesn't show the behaviour of regular influenza, and hence people should take it with caution, experts said. Doctors say the Centre for Communicable Diseases, US has recommended the use of vaccines on patients who are at high risk, reports The DNA. |
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