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Public health officials attribute the rise in dengue cases to the proliferation of Aedes mosquitoes, which thrive in stagnant water

Recently, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention alerted people flying from and to the US about the large number of undiagnosed cases of chikungunya in the State

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged that it has ‘identified a higher-than-expected number of chikungunya cases among U.S. travelers returning from the state of Telangana. The CDC in its advisory to travelers also shared necessary precautions to be taken from mosquitoes, which cause chikungunya.

Kalyani, a woman postgraduate student of Kakatiya University died, reportedly due to dengue in Upparpally village in Warangal on Wednesday.

The MGM Hospital in the Warangal city is witnessing a daily out-patient (OP) count of 500 to 800, of which 30 to 40 percent complain of viral fever

Chikungunya continues to remain a major viral disease that has surged along with dengue infections in Telangana, during the ongoing monsoons.

Thala Srinitya of Atmakuru village of the district was suffering from high fever for one week and was admitted to a private hospital, where she was diagnosed with dengue.

Says government hospitals are struggling with shortages of medicines and dengue kits, forcing many patients to seek treatment in private hospitals

While schools in the city are reporting viral infections, it is more prevalent in the rural areas particularly in the places with poor sanitation and sparse healthcare facilities.

As many as 31 dengue cases were reported in August alone in Jogipet while many persons were visiting the hospitals with fevers, colds and other health complications

Says while the government has been claiming that there are no deaths in State, at least five were reported on Saturday and three on Monday

Though the villagers claimed that the two children died of dengue, the local health officials maintained that the two died due to viral fever and issues related to pulmonology

Betamalla Premkumar, who was pursuing engineering at Bollikunta Vaagdevi College was suffering from fever and was admitted to private hospital on Friday

State sees significant surge in vector-borne diseases, people told to take precautions

Every death caused due to lack basic facilities and treatment in the hospital should be treated as government sponsored killing. He demanded an ex gratia of Rs.10 lakh in such deaths, said the former Minister

Private nursing homes, clinics, and the outpatient departments of Fever Hospital, Gandhi Hospital, and OGH are experiencing a steady increase in patients with viral fever and dengue symptoms. With more rainfall expected, Dr. B Ravinder Naik, Director of Public Health, has issued a warning urging residents to focus on preventive measures to curb the spread of disease.

The hospitals are unable to handle the heavy rush of patients due to space crunch in in-patient wings and hence the patients are being sent back to homes after treating them or two patients are made to share a single bed

While development of a dengue vaccine has been perennially in the making, the recent launch of the third phase of clinical trials of dengue vaccine in India by ICMR with Panacea Biotec, has raised hopes over the availability of a dengue vaccine to the general public in the next few years.

The physicians, meanwhile, have urged people to carefully monitor their dengue related symptoms during the ongoing season of viral fevers

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS)-Adilabad has been flooded by patients of viral fevers in recent times. Officials of the institute said that over 50 percent of total outpatients were diagnosed with various fevers including dengue