Saturday, 08 July 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The cases of dengue are continuing to increase in the provisional State capital Dehradun. The health department reported three new cases of the disease from different parts of the city on Friday. The district now has 19 reported cases of the vector borne disease so far this season.
The health department collected 116 samples of the patients for the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test and out of them three samples were found positive for the disease. A total of eight patients of the disease are undergoing treatment in different hospitals of the district, three are recuperating at home while eight have recovered from the disease.
The department has declared an alert for the residents of Ajabpur Kalan, Bhandaribagh, Pathribagh, Singhal Mandi, Patelnagar and GMS Road areas of the city. The district vector borne diseases officer Subhash Joshi said the department is actively engaged in the source reduction activity and awareness campaign against the disease.
