Health Alerts

From media reports, the rise in seasonal infections has centred mostly on dengue fever, however health authorities in Pune (Maharashtra state) this week confirmed the first Zika virus case this year, in Palghar (70kms north of Mumbai). Cholera outbreaks have been reported in the state’s NE, in Amravati district and on the east coast in Odisha (Rayagada District). The cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad (Telangana) are seeing rising rates of malaria, typhoid, chikungunya and diarrhoea; while dengue fever notifications have flowed from across the state. And in West Bengal, several districts have recorded leishmaniasis infections – among those named were Darjeeling, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Kalimpong. Read more