More than 2000 dengue cases reported in Bengal

Dengue is creating a problem for the health department officials in Bengal because, while there was no report of further deaths due to dengue, the total number of people affected has gone up to a whopping 1874. And, in the last 24 hours, another 132 new cases were reported from across the state - the total thus goes beyond 2000.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 11 August 2016.

A seven-year old girl of Ballygunge Station Road died of high fever in a private hospital but the health department has not confirmed that she died due to dengue while the KMC health officials have admitted that she had died of hemorrhagic fever.
EVer since the outbreak of this vector-borne disease, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has been combating the disease on a war footing. In one of its regular visits, the KMC team had found dengue causing mosquito in several places in an ITI in Kolkata where garbage was dumped. Obviously, fumigation to get rid of misquotes is not enough - there has to be awareness among all concerned about this disease.


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