The Delhi High Court has made no bones about the government's lackluster response to the dengue outbreak in the capital. The Central Government and the MCD have been ordered to file an affidavit within 7 days regarding this issue.
The National Dengue Action plan was provided Rs 11372 cr to take appropriate measures to prevent the dengue outbreak, but still nothing concrete seems to have been done. Despite Rs 21 cr being sanctioned to remedy an open drain behind AIIMS, the government has done precious little on a gaping problem.
Advertisement
It is estimated that above 3000 people in the country are in the grips of the dengue virus with 673 cases being from Delhi alone. Nearly 43 people in India have succumbed to the disease. Figures in Kerala are extremely high with 713 cases; 225 cases have been reported from Tamil Nadu, 59 from Karnataka and 226 in Maharashtra.
Source: Medindia
SAV
SAV
Advertisement
Advertisement
|
Advertisement
Recommended Reading
Latest Dengue News
Mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya cases expected to ramp up after the recent rains. Consult a doctor before taking any medicine.
The clip-on detector is small and researchers are developing even smaller and similar devices to detect other mosquito-borne viruses.
May 16 is our National Dengue Day, which is an initiative by Indian Government to spread awareness about the vector-borne disease and its preventive methods.
Globally, about three quarters of a million fewer global dengue cases have been occurred in 2020.
Dengue and malaria cases have increased in the national capital and Gurugram has increased screening at the border to curb the rising cases.