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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.
Malaria remains a public health threat in Zimbabwe, with more than half the population at risk of contracting malaria annually. Despite the progress made,
Cases of vector-borne diseases go up with onset of monsoon