Via Gulf Today :
" There is no relief from the dengue fever as five more persons died in Lahore on Monday taking the death toll to 181 in this city alone.
In Punjab, nearly 200 persons have been killed by the dengue fever with many more facing the similar grave danger to their lives.
Official said dengue has not yet shown any decrease in its spread. According to health department, five patients lost their lives in Mayo Hospital. The number of patients affected by dengue in Lahore hovers around 14,000 while in Punjab it has crossed 15,000."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Pakistan : 100 doctors contract dengue in Lahore
Via Gulf Today :
" LAHORE: More than 100 doctors in various hospitals of Lahore have contracted dengue, while dozens others are suffering due to the exhausting 12-hour shifts.
Several hospitals are not being cleaned effectively.
Doctors hence fear that these hospitals have transformed into breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
On Monday four more people died of dengue in Lahore, which increased the death toll to 36. A doctor working with the team of Sri Lankan experts told that the team, to their utter surprise, had found eggs of dengue mosquitoes at a public hospital.
“Doctors are also human beings. Many of them are terrified when they see mosquitoes droning menacingly at hospitals. These mosquitoes may inject the virus into healthy individuals,” a doctor working at Mayo hospital said. More than 25 doctors working for Mayo hospital have so far contracted dengue.
Also, a hospital employee named Muhammad Ayub had died of the disease."
" LAHORE: More than 100 doctors in various hospitals of Lahore have contracted dengue, while dozens others are suffering due to the exhausting 12-hour shifts.
Several hospitals are not being cleaned effectively.
Doctors hence fear that these hospitals have transformed into breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
On Monday four more people died of dengue in Lahore, which increased the death toll to 36. A doctor working with the team of Sri Lankan experts told that the team, to their utter surprise, had found eggs of dengue mosquitoes at a public hospital.
“Doctors are also human beings. Many of them are terrified when they see mosquitoes droning menacingly at hospitals. These mosquitoes may inject the virus into healthy individuals,” a doctor working at Mayo hospital said. More than 25 doctors working for Mayo hospital have so far contracted dengue.
Also, a hospital employee named Muhammad Ayub had died of the disease."
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Pakistan : Top official dies of dengue fever in Lahore
Article via Gulf Today :
" The dengue fever caused by the bite of a special kind of mosquito that breeds in the clean water sent a shock wave and scare among people as a senior bureaucrat died of the disease in Lahore, the main place of the ailment, on Monday.
The Secretary of the Mineral Development Corporation of Punjab, Ataullah Siddiqui died of dengue fever. He was hospitalised three days ago after he was diagnosed with the fever.Siddiqui joined the government service in 1985.
He has left a widow, two daughters and a son to mourn.Besides, a son of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and an MP are convalescing in different Lahore hospital after they contracted the diseaseA top medical specialist, who was struck by the dengue fever, has recovered. He is known for treating the dengue fever patients."
" The dengue fever caused by the bite of a special kind of mosquito that breeds in the clean water sent a shock wave and scare among people as a senior bureaucrat died of the disease in Lahore, the main place of the ailment, on Monday.
The Secretary of the Mineral Development Corporation of Punjab, Ataullah Siddiqui died of dengue fever. He was hospitalised three days ago after he was diagnosed with the fever.Siddiqui joined the government service in 1985.
He has left a widow, two daughters and a son to mourn.Besides, a son of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and an MP are convalescing in different Lahore hospital after they contracted the diseaseA top medical specialist, who was struck by the dengue fever, has recovered. He is known for treating the dengue fever patients."
Monday, July 11, 2011
UAE : New import checks in wake of bird flu pandemic
Article from Gulf Today :
" ABU DHABI: Importers of live birds and other poultry products from Asian countries are required to meet a set of new criteria, according to a decision issued in this regard by the UAE minister of environment and water Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad on Sunday.
With this decision, the environment ministry will implement wider monitoring mechanisms for the import of all live birds, their meat products, hatching eggs and one-day-old chicks from all Asian countries to the UAE.
This is in response to increasing cases of bird flu reported in these countries recently. The UAE has developed a surveillance system to identify infected poultry products and prevent such diseases from spreading in the country in line with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recommendations.
The Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) said in a statement that all such imports should be accompanied by proper documents and a veterinary health certificate endorsed by relevant authorities.
A spokesperson of the MoEW added that the resolution specifies that entry of any type of bird, live or slaughtered, or their products requires obtaining an import permit in advance from the environment ministry."
" ABU DHABI: Importers of live birds and other poultry products from Asian countries are required to meet a set of new criteria, according to a decision issued in this regard by the UAE minister of environment and water Dr Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad on Sunday.
With this decision, the environment ministry will implement wider monitoring mechanisms for the import of all live birds, their meat products, hatching eggs and one-day-old chicks from all Asian countries to the UAE.
This is in response to increasing cases of bird flu reported in these countries recently. The UAE has developed a surveillance system to identify infected poultry products and prevent such diseases from spreading in the country in line with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) recommendations.
The Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) said in a statement that all such imports should be accompanied by proper documents and a veterinary health certificate endorsed by relevant authorities.
A spokesperson of the MoEW added that the resolution specifies that entry of any type of bird, live or slaughtered, or their products requires obtaining an import permit in advance from the environment ministry."
Monday, February 14, 2011
South Korea : Seoul confirms fresh outbreak of bird flu
Via The Gulf Today :
" SEOUL: South Korea on Sunday confirmed two fresh outbreaks of bird flu near its capital despite major efforts to stem its spread.
The agriculture ministry said some 8,400 ducks and chickens were culled at a farm in Hwaseong south of Seoul and in the northern city of Dongducheon.Since Dec.31, South Korea has culled 5.45 million birds at nearly 250 farms.
Last month South Korea raised its alert against bird flu.It has been hit by avian influenza three times before, with the last outbreak in April 2008."
" SEOUL: South Korea on Sunday confirmed two fresh outbreaks of bird flu near its capital despite major efforts to stem its spread.
The agriculture ministry said some 8,400 ducks and chickens were culled at a farm in Hwaseong south of Seoul and in the northern city of Dongducheon.Since Dec.31, South Korea has culled 5.45 million birds at nearly 250 farms.
Last month South Korea raised its alert against bird flu.It has been hit by avian influenza three times before, with the last outbreak in April 2008."
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
India : 40 new dengue cases in capital
Via Gulf Today :
" NEW DELHI: The national capital on Monday reported 40 more cases of dengue, taking the total number of people infected with the vector-born disease in Delhi to 5,553 this season.
“As many as 40 more people have tested positive for dengue Monday. With 16 cases, Shahdara in east Delhi reported the highest number of cases,” said an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Eight people have died because of the disease this year, the official added."
" NEW DELHI: The national capital on Monday reported 40 more cases of dengue, taking the total number of people infected with the vector-born disease in Delhi to 5,553 this season.
“As many as 40 more people have tested positive for dengue Monday. With 16 cases, Shahdara in east Delhi reported the highest number of cases,” said an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Eight people have died because of the disease this year, the official added."
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
India : 8 more dengue cases in capital
Via Gulf Today :
" NEW DELHI: Delhi reported eight new cases of dengue on Monday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the city to 121 so far, an official said.“Eight more people have tested positive for dengue in Delhi on Monday but no deaths were reported,” Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s chief medical officer NK Yadav said.
Commenting on the rise in dengue cases, VK Monga, chairman, health committee, MCD, said:
“There is an alarming increase in dengue cases this year, as the majority of breeding was found in Commonwealth Games construction sites. About 121 cases of dengue have been recorded till Monday compared to just ten cases last year.”
" NEW DELHI: Delhi reported eight new cases of dengue on Monday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the city to 121 so far, an official said.“Eight more people have tested positive for dengue in Delhi on Monday but no deaths were reported,” Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s chief medical officer NK Yadav said.
Commenting on the rise in dengue cases, VK Monga, chairman, health committee, MCD, said:
“There is an alarming increase in dengue cases this year, as the majority of breeding was found in Commonwealth Games construction sites. About 121 cases of dengue have been recorded till Monday compared to just ten cases last year.”
Monday, July 12, 2010
Philippines : 37 die as dengue pummels Visayas
A report via Gulf Today :
" MANILA: A total of 37 people, mostly infants and children, died as dengue, a rainy season disease transmitted by mosquitoes, wreaked havoc in the Visayas in Central Philippines, regional health officials reported on Sunday.Officials said Eastern Visayas led the rest of the country in the number of people who have fallen victim to dengue, totaling close to 4,000 with 37 deaths for the first six months of the year.
Tacloban City, the capital of Leyte province, has the most number of victims with more than 1,000, officials added.But violence-wracked Mindanao is not far behind, officials also said, with Davao del Sur province having the most number of victims, totalling 600 with 14 deaths.As a result, the provincial board declared a state of calamity due to the outbreak of the disease to enable officials to spend part of their calamity fund to help the victim and contain its spread."
" MANILA: A total of 37 people, mostly infants and children, died as dengue, a rainy season disease transmitted by mosquitoes, wreaked havoc in the Visayas in Central Philippines, regional health officials reported on Sunday.Officials said Eastern Visayas led the rest of the country in the number of people who have fallen victim to dengue, totaling close to 4,000 with 37 deaths for the first six months of the year.
Tacloban City, the capital of Leyte province, has the most number of victims with more than 1,000, officials added.But violence-wracked Mindanao is not far behind, officials also said, with Davao del Sur province having the most number of victims, totalling 600 with 14 deaths.As a result, the provincial board declared a state of calamity due to the outbreak of the disease to enable officials to spend part of their calamity fund to help the victim and contain its spread."
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