Health Alerts

India: Dengue by state. Late September is the end of the monsoon season, however the effect of the rains brought by the monsoon winds will continue to affect the country for some weeks after. Dengue fever updates from the past week have included reports from: New Delhi, Punjab, Telangana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Laos: Dengue surges in capital, central province. The rainy season has, as expected, caused a rise in dengue fever infections, with as many as 6,500 cases recorded between June and mid-September, nearly 2,500 of those in the capital, Vientiane. Read more

Sri Lanka: Dengue vector targeted. National Mosquito Control Week kicks off next week, aimed at curbing the widespread dengue outbreak that has thus far caused nearly 400 deaths – two-thirds in women – and more than 151,000 cases. The Western Province has been hardest hit, with ‘over 50 percent of dengue deaths and patients,’ according to a health official. Read more