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| Dengue cases in J-K, Haryana; Ramadoss says no need to panic | | | NEW DELHI, OCT 3
With fresh cases of dengue reported from Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir and the disease afflicting scores in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss today called a meeting of affected states on Thursday but said there was no need for panic.
One death was reported from Haryana, taking the toll in the affected states to 15. Delhi, where over 500 dengue cases have been reported, has also registered the maximum number of deaths -- 11.
"I am meeting health ministers of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan on Thursday. We will discuss steps for preventing its spread," Ramadoss told reporters.
"There is no need for panic. It is not an epidemic. Things are under control. Thre is a need for awareness."
Thirty-three confirmed cases were reported from Haryana while two persons suffering from dengue were hospitalised in Jammu and Kashmir, where the state government sounded an alert.
At least two deaths have been reported from Uttar Pradesh, while 20 suspected dengue patients were admitted to hospitals at Ludhiana in Punjab since yesterday, taking the total number of patients there to 88.
The government of Rajasthan, where seven people have died of dengue, said all state-run hospitals would provide free pathological tests for persons suspected to be suffering from the disease.
Though over 500 dengue cases have been reported in Delhi and 11 people have died, the city government said there was no need to declare it an epidemic as of now.
Ramadoss, however, termed the situation at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where a final year student died of dengue last week, as "unfortunate".
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