- Title: Rising dengue cases concerns authorities in Indian capital
- Date: 28th September 2021
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) EXTERIOR OF LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING AT REGISTRATION COUNTERS OF HOSPITAL (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANAGING DIRECTOR, LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL, SURESH KUMAR, SAYING: "Number of these cases of various viral fever, including dengue fever have (has) increased in the last two weeks and we see (a) footfall of around 125 patients attending to our OPD and our wards daily." PEOPLE AT HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF WORKER SPRAYING INSECTICIDE WOMEN LOOKING FROM WINDOW WORKER SPRAYING INSECTICIDE DISINFECTANT PEOPLE STANDING AS WORKER SPRAYS INSECTICIDE WORKER ANNOUNCING DENGUE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ON LOUDSPEAKER PEOPLE HOLDING BANNER READING DENGUE SAFETY PROTOCOLS STANDING WORKER SPRAYING ANTI-MOSQUITO DISINFECTANT (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MAYOR, EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, SHYAM SUNDER AGARWAL, SAYING: "The Domestic Breeding Checkers (health workers) are spraying insecticide in drains, coolers, water tanks and to make the people aware about the dengue we are also distributing pamphlets and asking them to adhere to the dengue safety precautions." VARIOUS OF INSECTICIDE FOGGING UNDERWAY
- Embargoed: 12th October 2021 11:47
- Keywords: Dengue India New Delhi health hygiene malaria mosquito viral fever
- Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWMV9LB
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- Story Text:Authorities in India's capital New Delhi are worried about the rising cases of dengue and other viral fever in the city.
Managing Director of the city's Lok Nayak Hospital on Tuesday (September 28) said over 100 patients with viral fever are admitted to the hospital daily.
Meanwhile, Municipal corporation workers used fogging machines to spray insecticide around the residential areas as the number of dengue cases rose.
Several hundred cases of mosquito-related infections such as malaria and dengue are spreading their wings across northern India, more intensely in Uttar Pradesh state.
Dengue fever, which can cause intense pain in muscles and joints, is spread by the bite of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. The insect thrives in the mega-cities of the tropics.
Most patients survive dengue, but it is estimated to kill about 20,000 every year, many of them children, who are not able to fight against it. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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