Health Alerts

India: Monsoon JE, dengue, malaria. The case count and death toll from Japanese Encephalitis infections is climbing in the states of Assam, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh. Read more

Government Dengue data released this week to the Council of States shows there have been over 20,600 cases and 22 associated deaths across the country. Worst affected states are Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Read more

Delhi’s Dengue (& other mosquito-borne diseases) season officially gets underway around now, however the city has already had as many as 200 Malaria cases  and 150-183 of Dengue and Chikungunya. Read more  And the state of Chhattisgarh has topped Odisha in the number of Malaria cases reported for the year up to July - 56,022 cases (Odisha 51,023). Read more

Sri Lanka: Hope for respite from dengue. Dengue fever reports hit a high of 22,692 in the month of June but are believed finally to be on the decline. Colombo and the city of Gampaha (approx. 30kms NE of the capital) have fared the worst, scoring nearly 35,000 cases between them since the beginning of the year according to official government data.

Thailand: Dengue spike; Flu cases top 40,000. Bangkok and Chiang Mai have been named this week as having above average rates of dengue fever, while the country as a whole is in the grips of a 20-year high in cases. The year’s total has hit 136,000 cases, with 126 associated deaths. Read more

Influenza case numbers to date this year have reached 40,000 including four related deaths.

Taiwan: Flu persists; JE cases hit 17. Seasonal influenza notifications are still at their peak, despite a slight reduction in the number of cases presenting at hospitals with severe symptoms over the past couple of weeks. Read more  And in Hong Kong, authorities have announced that flu activity is now at ‘a very high level’ and they anticipate it ‘remaining at a high level in the coming weeks.’ Read more

Meanwhile, the CDC has announced 2 more Japanese encephalitis cases (Nantou County and Hualien County), taking the yearly figures to 17: ‘3 cases in Kaohsiung City, 3 cases in Changhua County, 2 cases in Pingtung County, 2 cases in Taoyuan City, 2 cases in Chiayi County, 1 case in Tainan City, 1 case in New Taipei City, 1 case in Nantou County, and 1 case in Hualien County.’ Read the CDC press release here.