Manipur again faces adengue outbreak with 1,338 cases and five suspected dengue related deaths officially registered so far this year, officials said on Saturday quoting the status report released by the state Health Directorate.Against 1,338 .
Imphal, Oct 14 (IANS) Manipur again faces adengue outbreak with 1,338 cases and five suspected dengue related deaths officially registered so far this year,
The State Malaria Officer of the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme, S Priyokumar, confirmed the official figures recorded from across the state since January, with Imphal West classified as the worst hit district with 898 cases, including 3 suspected deaths, and Tamenglong, with the two newly formed districts of Pherzawl and Jiribam yet to report any case.
This worrying development comes at a time when the hill state is struggling to get back to normalcy from the unprecedented ethnic strife that flared up on 3 May and has ravaged the lives of hundreds and displaced over 60,000 people who are being sheltered in (mostly) make-shift relief camps, occupying schools, colleges, community halls and government buildings.
A large number of the dengue patients identified at Dhanpur in Sepahijala district were rubber plantation workers; Medical teams deployed at Akhaura, Srirampur and other land ports connected with Bangladesh for dengue surveillance.