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Dengue scare set to continue for weeks
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New Delhi: Health officials admitted yesterday the mosquito-borne dengue fever that has claimed 107 lives with nearly 6,500 people being treated in hospitals and clinics across India will abate only by mid-November.
"The dengue cases would continue to be reported till mid-November as this is the normal pattern every year. We are trying our best to control the spread of the virus," said D.S. Negi, Delhi's health secretary. "We hope our efforts would yield some results and the virus would be controlled early this year at least."
Delhi remained the worst affected state with 94 new cases being reported taking the total number of confirmed cases to 1,731. The total death count in the national capital is 35.
The latest victim was 25-year-old Rohit Sharma from Uttar Pradesh who was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) yesterday in a serious condition and he died within an hour.
"His platelet count had decreased considerably leading to his death," said D.K. Sharma, AIIMS medical superintendent. The impact of the spread of the virus was also seen at AIIMS, which is spearheading the fight against the deadly virus. Twenty-seven new patients were brought in, totting up to 170 confirmed cases.
"Another 180 patients are under observation. The numbers could well increase, I do not think there will be any respite from the viral fever in the near future," said Sharma.
There was little respite in other parts of the country too with 5,804 people being treated since the disease assumed a virulent form. Apart from Delhi, cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.
'Diseases could put off visitors'
New Delhi: India is dealing with scores of new cases of mosquito-borne diseases each day, as the death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever passed 100, leading to concern about a possible fallout on the tourism sector.
The fact that the number of new cases of chikungunya and dengue have not let up is worrying tour operators and officials with the peak tourist season starting next month even though no visitors are believed to have died from dengue.
"If this continues, it will definitely affect tourism in the country," Subhash Goyal, president of Indian Association of Tour Operators, told Reuters yesterday.
Indian tourist arrivals rose over 13 per cent in January-September to 3 million from 2.7 million in the same period in 2005, after three years of healthy growth.
- Reuters
"The dengue cases would continue to be reported till mid-November as this is the normal pattern every year. We are trying our best to control the spread of the virus," said D.S. Negi, Delhi's health secretary. "We hope our efforts would yield some results and the virus would be controlled early this year at least."
Delhi remained the worst affected state with 94 new cases being reported taking the total number of confirmed cases to 1,731. The total death count in the national capital is 35.
The latest victim was 25-year-old Rohit Sharma from Uttar Pradesh who was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) yesterday in a serious condition and he died within an hour.
"His platelet count had decreased considerably leading to his death," said D.K. Sharma, AIIMS medical superintendent. The impact of the spread of the virus was also seen at AIIMS, which is spearheading the fight against the deadly virus. Twenty-seven new patients were brought in, totting up to 170 confirmed cases.
"Another 180 patients are under observation. The numbers could well increase, I do not think there will be any respite from the viral fever in the near future," said Sharma.
There was little respite in other parts of the country too with 5,804 people being treated since the disease assumed a virulent form. Apart from Delhi, cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.
'Diseases could put off visitors'
New Delhi: India is dealing with scores of new cases of mosquito-borne diseases each day, as the death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever passed 100, leading to concern about a possible fallout on the tourism sector.
The fact that the number of new cases of chikungunya and dengue have not let up is worrying tour operators and officials with the peak tourist season starting next month even though no visitors are believed to have died from dengue.
"If this continues, it will definitely affect tourism in the country," Subhash Goyal, president of Indian Association of Tour Operators, told Reuters yesterday.
Indian tourist arrivals rose over 13 per cent in January-September to 3 million from 2.7 million in the same period in 2005, after three years of healthy growth.
- Reuters