Health Alerts

Dengue surge for 5 states; JE update for Assam; Scrub typhus warnings for Himalayan state

As the monsoon season progresses, dengue fever has hit hard in the states Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Kerala, while  Gujarat and Rajasthan are also registering a rise in reports. In Karnataka’s capital, Bengaluru, nearly 3,400 cases were recorded in the last week alone.

AN UPDATE of Assam’s Japanese encephalitis cases with nearly 600 cases now reported and 139 deaths – casualty rates have been high in the western districts of Goalpara, Kamrup and Manipur.

THE DISTRICTS of Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Kangra have borne the brunt of scrub typhus infections recorded this year in Himachal Pradesh; the bacterial infection spread by larval mites is endemic in the north-central state.  Read more...