Aizwal: Mizoram Health and Family Welfare department has begun screening of suspected dengue cases at Lengpui Airport, near here.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) state nodal officer Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma told PTI today that one person infected with dengue was found at the airport and entered Mizoram by flight. The person was being treated.
The screening would continue in view of the prevalence of dengue in West Bengal and neighbouring Assam.
The state government has set up sentinel surveillance unit at Aizawl Civil Hospital and south Mizoram's Lunglei district hospital and is being manned by experts, he said.
To Read the News in Full 20/08/16 PTI/Business Standard
Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) state nodal officer Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma told PTI today that one person infected with dengue was found at the airport and entered Mizoram by flight. The person was being treated.
The screening would continue in view of the prevalence of dengue in West Bengal and neighbouring Assam.
The state government has set up sentinel surveillance unit at Aizawl Civil Hospital and south Mizoram's Lunglei district hospital and is being manned by experts, he said.
To Read the News in Full 20/08/16 PTI/Business Standard
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