Dengue fear rings alarm bell at Moreh, Manipur

IMPHAL, Jun 30: Even as Taothong area in Imphal West District has been grappling with outbreak of Malaria over the past few days, fresh report of many people suffering from Dengue like symptom in border town of Moreh has come in. According to sources from State Health Services, many people have been admitted to Moreh Hospital with symptoms of Dengue like fever.
Though the cases have not yet been confirmed as Dengue, it has also come to light that there is no facility either at the Hospitals under the State Government or at RIMS for laboratory testing in this regard, sources said, adding that a team of doctors from the State Health Services would be going to Moreh in the second week of July to find out the origin of the disease.

It is said for Manipur testing of Dengue, Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis and other such vector borne diseases are conducted at Vector Control and Research Centre, Puducherry.

It may be recalled here that the first cases of Dengue in Manipur had been detected at the border town of Moreh in 2007.

Meanwhile, Taothong area in Imphal West has been grappling with outbreak of Malaria with 18 cases confirmed from testing of around 400 suspected cases over the last few days.

Continuing the control effort, an official team of State Vector Borne Control Society has also collected some more blood samples from the affected area today.

However, fogging which was to be conducted today has been deferred due to inclement weather and it would be carried out tomorrow, according to information received by the press.