Viral fever in UP: Majority cases of dengue, a few of scrub typhus, finds out Central team

Based on the observations of the central team, Union Health Secretary recommended Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary screening of all fever patients for dengue, malaria, scrub typhus and leptospirosis.

New Delhi: A central team that was sent to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh to investigate the cause of viral fever and deaths among children has observed that the majority of cases are of dengue and a few are of scrub typhus and leptospirosis. Firozabad district has recorded 51 deaths, mostly of children, and hundreds of hospitalisations in over a fortnight and the viral fever has now spread to neighbouring Mathura and Mainpuri districts. Based on the observations of the central team, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary has recommended screening of all fever patients for dengue, malaria, scrub typhus and leptospirosis.