Via The Hindu :
" Bangalore: Two vector-borne diseases, chikungunya and dengue, have become widespread in the State with patients being admitted to hospitals in district and taluk headquarters, apart from Bangalore.
Officials in the Department of Health told The Hindu that many have been affected in the past few days. The official count of those affected by chikungunya in the State touched 4,254 by July-end and officials conceded that the figure could be much higher. As many as 857 persons have been affected by dengue.
The sources said the number of such people was, however, lower than what it was during the corresponding period in the previous years. As many as 7.62 lakh people were affected by chikungunya in 2006, 1,705 in 2007, 46,510 in 2008 and 41,649 in 2009.
Chikungunya has been rampant in urban localities, and along with dengue and malaria spreads largely during the monsoon.
Now, the role of Minister for Health B. Sriramulu has come into question. A section of the Ministers in the Yeddyurappa Cabinet are up against the Health Minister and have called upon the Chief Minister to drop him from the Cabinet."
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