Dengue: death toll crosses 40 across India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two grandsons and a son-in-law were on Wednesday diagnosed with dengue after being admitted to AIIMS with suspected dengue.

Besides packed cell volume test, the patients are also undergoing platelet counts examination, he said.

Meanwhile, NDMC undertook the fogging exercise in and around the Prime Minister's official residence at 7 Race Course Road to prevent breeding of any kind of mosquitoes.

2,700 cases of dengue have been reported in the country, claiming at least 40 lives, with Delhi and Kerala accounting for the majority of the patients, it was officially stated.

Besides, the national capital with nearly 600 patients, reports of people being infected by dengue, carried by Aides mosquito, came in from Kerala (713 cases), Uttar Pradesh (71), Haryana (36), Rajasthan (260), Maharashtra (226), Tamil Nadu (225), Gujarat (201), West Bengal (314), Karnataka (59), Uttaranchal (6) and Bihar (3).

While 15 dengue deaths were reported from Delhi, including four since yesterday, Rajasthan accounted for six deaths, Kerala, UP and Karnataka four each, West Bengal and Gujarat three each and Haryana one.

Union Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss, who has convened a meeting of health ministers of the affected states, told reporters here that "there is no need to panic and harbour apprehensions. We have a problem and it is a matter of concern. It is not an epidemic".

In the national capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council and other civic bodies were carrying out a major drive to check mosquito breeding including fumigation at the Prime Minister's residence.
Source: timesofindia.com

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