(Blurb) People’s participation needed to control it, says health minister Dr Balbir Singh Punjab health department reported 221 dengue cases. (HT File) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} With the Punjab health department reporting 221 dengue cases, the disease has started spreading its tentacles across the state. Hoshiarpur has been the worst hit as it reported 56 …
Pune City on Monday reported another case of Zika virus infection after an 82-year-old man from Dahanukar colony, Kothrud tested positive for the infection. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) so far has reported 33 cases and has active virus transmission in 12 areas of the city. As per the PMC officials, 85,992 citizens and 3,795 …
At least 32 cases of dengue have been detected across the district since March, according to the data provided by the local health department. Additionally, 100 breeding checkers have been designated by the department, 50 each for urban and rural areas, to ensure that a congenial atmosphere for dengue breeding is nipped in the bud (HT Photo) …
On Tuesday, Pune reported three more cases of Zika virus infection, taking the overall count to 15, civic officials said. The latest cases are of an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old woman, both residents of Pashan along with a 15-year-old boy from Bhusari colony, Kothrud. The Zika virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected …
Singapore is seeing a new Covid-19 wave as the authorities recorded more than 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11 even as Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Saturday advised the wearing of masks again. “We are at the beginning part of the wave where it is steadily rising,” said Ong. “So, I would say …
Over 2,500 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 and its lineages have been detected in the country so far, the INSACOG on Thursday said. There are 1,084 SARS-CoV-2 sequences of JN.1 across 18 the states and UTs while its sub-lineage JN.1.1 has been detected in 1,111 cases, according to the data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 …