Kerala is battling yet another epidemic season when dengue and leptospirosis cases soar and hospitals buckle under the sheer number of patients that fill up fever wards and crowd outpatient clinics. But given the cyclical pattern in which major dengue outbreaks occur, health experts expect that this year’s outbreak could overwhelm the State, not just by case numbers but by …
With the onset of the rains, an increase in dengue and leptospirosis cases should be expected in the next four months in the State and people should be on the alert, Health Minister Veena George said here on Monday. The Health department, which reviewed the State’s infectious diseases plan on Monday, decided to strengthen all preventive and control measures and …
