-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It's dengue season, but the city is in the grip of swine flu and chikungunya as well. Where 2016 saw fewer than 200 cases of swine flu, the count is already nearing 2,000 this year. The viral disease has killed at least five people while a 12-year-old died of dengue in south Delhi's Humayunpur last week. Those are only the official figures - five top hospitals...
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Delhi: Chikungunya, dengue arrive big, early this year -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The monsoon is months away but mosquitoes are already unleashing mayhem in the city. Officials said there has been a boom in mosquito population that is reflected in very high number of chikungunya, dengue and malaria for this time of the year. As on April 8, hospitals in Delhi had reported 79 chikungunya, 24 dengue and 13 malaria cases this year — by far the highest...
More »Delhi under-reporting dengue toll, cases: CAG -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi has been hugely under-reporting Dengue Cases and deaths, says a report of the comptroller and auditor general on the preparedness of the city govern ment, municipal bodies and others in control and prevention of the disease. The report comes in the midst of a chikungunya and dengue outbreak, with a Delhi government panel earlier this month dismissing all deaths attributed to the diseases so far...
More »Kejriwal government under attack over Chikungunya deaths in Delhi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With chikungunya and dengue deaths in the national capital on the rise, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi has come under severe opposition attack. As the number of deaths due to chikungunya rose to three on Tuesday, the Congress and the BJP attacked the Kejriwal government for doing little . Two more people died of chikungunya in Delhi on Tuesday, taking the toll from the mosquito-borne...
More »Chikungunya, dengue on twin peaks -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express At simultaneous zeniths of their cycles this monsoon, chikungunya appears mild but causes a scare by spreading beyond the south. This year’s robust monsoon has come at a price: a zenith in the dengue and chikungunya cycles. Spiralling cases of both diseases have sent alarm bells ringing and the “season” has only just begun. Chikungunya, which has never really been a big worry in the north, has struck Delhi strongly...
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