Majority of Firozabad deaths due to dengue, says Central team
The Hindu
Put in place vector surveillance and control measures, State told
In a letter to U.P. Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said a Central team, looking into the cause of among children in Firozabad district, has found that this was due to dengue, while a few are cases of scrub typhus and Leptospirosis. In his letter on Monday, the Health Secretary said the Central team consisting of National Centre for Disease Control and National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme officials have suggested that adequate vector surveillance and control measures need to be put in place to contain the situation. The team has also recommended that all fever patients should be screened for dengue, malaria, scrub typhus and Leptospirosis.More Related News

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