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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

India : Kamrup combats dengue

Via The Telegraph :

" Guwahati, Nov. 22: A rise in confirmed cases of dengue in the past couple of days has prompted the Kamrup district health service initiate preventive measures in the form of information, education and communication (IEC) activities in the district.

Health officials are teaming up with their GMC counterparts to conduct awareness programmes on dengue in the disease-prone areas of the district. Around 70 individuals have so far tested positive for the dengue virus in the district.

Patients suspected to have dengue also continue to arrive in the hospitals for tests.
A majority of individuals testing positive has contracted dengue virus during their recent travel to the affected areas of north India, especially New Delhi.

Cases of local infection are, however, comparatively much low."

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