Tag: Dengue

Berhampur: With the detection of first Dengue case, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Health department have swung into action to restrict the spread of the disease. The civic body along with the district Health office has started cleanliness and sanitation drives on war-footing. On the other hand, the Anganwadi workers are making door-to-door visits […]

Berhampur: Dengue has resurfaced in Ganjam district with Surya Behera of New Bus Stand area in Berhampur town being tested positive for dengue on Thursday. Behera reportedly complained of fever and visited MKCG Medical College and Hospital here for treatment on June 21. Later, his blood samples were collected to test for dengue. After the […]

Malkangiri: While the Japanese Encephalitis has taken an epidemic proportion in Malkangiri district, now dengue is back to haunt the people in the district. Report said as many as 20 patients, mostly children, at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) have been tested positive for the dengue virus. The reports have been received in between October […]

Bhubaneswar: Dengue fever scare has gripped Bhubaneswar after seven persons from the Salia Sahi slum here tested positive for the disease. Though government statistics peg the number of dengue affected persons at seven, unofficial sources put the number in double digits. In the wake of a spate of dengue cases reported in the last couple […]

A dengue patient of Khuntuni area died at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack today, taking the number of deaths in this premier government hospital in the state to eight

Cuttack: Four days after serving notice to five BJD corporators, the police today asked four Congress members to appear at the Purighat Police station here in connection with the violence at a meeting of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) recently. Congress’ Giribala Behera, Anita Nayak, Arun Sethy and Sheikh Shamim have been served the notice […]

Cuttack: Vehicular movement on the Jobra bridge here was disrupted on Sunday morning as locals staged a road blockade by placing the body of a youth, who allegedly died of dengue while undergoing treatment at SCB medical college and hospital, on the road. The deceased has been identified as Trinath Behera (21) of Station Bazaar […]

Panic has gripped Barbil after the number of dengue patients in the area, the worst affected in the state, touched around 900

Cuttack: The number of deaths due to dengue in the state reached four after one more patient undergoing treatment at SCB medical college and hospital here died of the vector-borne disease on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as JIta Mallick of Padmapur area in Jagatpur. According to sources, Mallick was admitted to the government-run […]

Despite intensive efforts by the state government to bring down the incidence of dengue, the vector-borne virus is spreading across Odisha at a fast rate

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday asked the Health, Industries and Urban Development departments to maintain better coordination among them to tackle dengue, which is spreading alarmingly in the state. While reviewing the dengue situation in the state at the secretariat yesterday, the chief minister asked the concerned officials to expedite the cleaning of […]

Cuttack/Barbil/Bhubaneswar: The death toll in dengue has gone up to six in Odisha with the death of a patient in Barbil in Keonjhar district last night. Lili Gop, a daily wage labourer, died at the Barbil Community Health Centre (CHC) last night, sources said. Family members have alleged that she died due to improper treatment. […]

Keonjhar: A four-member team of the Congress headed by leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday visited the dengue-affected Barbil area and took stock of the situation there. According to sources, the Congress team, which includes leaders like Niranjan Patnaik, Ananta Sethi and Prafulla Majhi, visited different wards of the town and met patients undergoing […]

Cuttack: The number of dengue deaths in Odisha went up to fivewith the death of a patient at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Chaturbhuja Parida of Atuda village under Jagatpur police limits. With this, three dengue patients have died in SCB Medical College while two […]

Cuttack: Tightening the noose around the neck of industrial units in the Jagatpur area here for their role in the spread of the dengue menace, the district administration on Tuesday sealed one more industrial unit for not complying with the stipulated guidelines to maintain hygiene in the area. Official sources said Jagananth Food Company was […]