India - Death toll climbs to 100 as outbreak of fever, dengue rocks UP’s Firozabad district - August 30+

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Release time: 2021-09-18 13:45:08 Source: CCTV


Introduction:
Recently, epidemics caused by dengue fever and viral fever have occurred in many places such as Uttar Pradesh, India. As of the 14th of this month, 114 people in Uttar Pradesh have died due to these two diseases, including 88 children. A team of Indian medical experts found that most of the deaths were caused by the dengue D2 virus, which is also the most deadly known variant of dengue.

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Source: https://theprint.in/india/governanc...ses-are-identified-as-mystery-illness/738633/


In Firozabad, people flee or send kids away as 5 diseases are identified as ‘mystery illness’
Dengue, malaria, viral fever, scrub typhus and leptospirosis make up ‘mystery fever’ wreaking havoc in Firozabad for over a month. Official figures peg toll at 62, most are children.
Shubhangi Misra 23 September, 2021 5:08 pm IST

Firozabad: Spiders and lizards have cosied up in the abandoned houses of Nagla Amaan, a village in UP’s Firozabad district. Meanwhile, Nagla Mavasi, another village, doesn’t echo with the playful screams of children anymore.

In both these villages, two of Firozabad’s 152 rural settlements and located close to the city, residents have either packed up and left, or sent their children away. Reason: An outbreak of five infectious diseases that has racked up a double-digit toll since 20 August.

Dengue, malaria, viral fever, scrub typhus and leptospirosis make up the “mystery fever” outbreak that has been wreaking havoc in the district for over a month, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dinesh Premi.

Official figures peg the toll at 62 — 80 per cent of them children — but some media reports claim more than 200 children and adults have died of the infections so far.

Premi said dengue is the dominant infection with 3,593 samples testing positive for the vector-borne disease. There have been 61 malaria cases, 51 of scrub typhus, and 23 of leptospirosis...

 

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Another ‘D’ hits India after Covid’s Delta: What you need to know about dengue's new and lethal D2 variant
Times Now Digital
Updated Sep 28, 2021 | 22:53 IST
Like the Delta variant of Covid, the new dangerous D2 variant of dengue could be the reason behind the increasing number of dengue cases in India.

Key Highlights

A new variant of dengue has been detected in over 11 states in the country.

The new D2 variant could be reason for the sudden spike in dengue cases in the country.

States are reeling under dengue caseload, with UP alone seeing nearly 6,500 cases in the past few months.

Barely has the country recovered from the carnage of the Delta variant of Covid in the second wave that dengue has presented us with another dreaded ‘D’ variant. The DENV 2 strain of dengue, also called the ‘D2’ variant, is now being suspected to be the reason for the sudden spike in the number of cases in the country.

A fortnight ago, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava confirmed that this strain of the dengue virus was behind the surge in fever cases and deaths in western UP districts of Firozabad, Agra, Mathura and Aligarh. Between late August and mid-September, at least 58 people succumbed due to dengue in Firozabad alone. As of last week, UP had recorded nearly 6,500 cases, out of which 70 per cent have been reported in the months of August and September...