Dengue continues to haunt DK; confirmed cases higher than last year

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July 3, 2015

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Dakshina Kannada district health officer Dr Ramakrishna Rao said that a total of 281 cases of dengue fever had been confirmed positive in the district from January 2015 through the ELISA test, while four deaths had been reported through the viral disease.

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Briefing media persons at a press conference at the District Health Office here on Thursday, he said that the suspected and confirmed cases of dengue fever were treated at the hospital according to the symptoms seen in the patients, since specific anti-dengue treatment could not be rendered to them. The disease-causing virus in dengue fever has an incubation period of 5-7 days during which the disease cannot be detected. When symptoms of dengue fever are visible, the affected person should be immediately brought to the nearest primary health centre or taluk hospital, he said.

He requested the public to get their blood tested in case of fever and immediately notify the nearest primary health centre or government hospital if symptoms of dengue such as irregular or high fever, muscle and joint pain, eye pain, headache and rashes appeared in a person.

District surveillance officer Dr Rajesh said that three deaths had occurred due to confirmed dengue fever in June 2014, while 11 dengue cases had been confirmed positive by ELISA test and 63 cases had been positive in NS1 test. In comparison, a total of 213 cases had been confirmed as positive for dengue fever through ELISA test in June 2015, which is higher than last year, he said.

Out of the total 281 cases of dengue fever confirmed positive through the ELISA test in Dakshina Kannada this year, 65 cases occurred are in Mangaluru taluk, 48 cases in Bantwal taluk, 67 cases in Puttur taluk, 46 cases in Belthangady taluk and 55 cases in Sullia taluk.

With regard to malaria, also a major cause of concern for the health department, a total of 717 cases have been confirmed positive in Dakshina Kannada in June 2015, including 633 cases in Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) limits, while no deaths have occurred due to the disease since January 2015, as per official statistics.

Dr Ramakrishna said that fogging (spraying of insecticide) had been done in areas where cases of dengue fever had been confirmed to eliminate the mosquitoes and control the spread of malaria and dengue in those areas. With the support and cooperation of all citizens, it is possible to prevent the spread of vector borne diseases such as malaria and dengue, he said, urging citizens to implement preventive measures in and around their homes.

No screening required for mild cases of H1N1

With regard to the categorisation of seasonal influenza H1N1 cases during screening, Dr Rajesh said that all individuals seeking consultation for flu-like symptoms should be screened at healthcare facilities and examined by a doctor to be categorised.

Under Categories A and B, no testing is required for the patients. Patients with mild fever and cough/sore throat with or without bodyache, headache, diarrhoea and vomiting will be categorised as Category-A, and the patients do not require Oseltamivir. In addition to these symptoms, if the patients have high grade fever and severe sore throat, they will require home isolation and Oseltamivir and will be categorised as Category-B.

If the patient has breathlessness, chest pain, drowsiness, decrease in blood pressure, sputum mixed with blood and bluish discolouration of nails, in addition to the above mentioned symptoms, they will be categorised as Category-C and require testing and immediate hospitalisation.

So far, there have been 62 cases testing positive for H1N1 among the total samples in Dakshina Kannada, out of which there were 6 deaths, said Dr Ramakrishna.

District Vector Borne Disease Control officer Dr Arun Kumar was present on the occasion.

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March 19,2024

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Mangaluru: The Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will connect to a new domestic destination with the introduction of a non-stop flight to Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 

The non-stop service, once-a-week, will operate on Wednesday (from TIA) and Thursday (from MIA), starting April 3. Air India Express will operate the flight.

The flight is expected to help those taking up a pilgrimage to Vailankani shrine.

Sources from the AIE said that the airline carrier decided to fly non-stop between the two southern Indian cities as a flight to Jeddah, which will start from April 3, arrives from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. 

“It is a ferry or positional flight from TIA to MIA. Instead of flying empty, the management has decided to run it as a commercial flight. This will help both passengers and the airline. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a 186-seater all-economy configuration on this route. 

The same flight, after landing in MIA, will further fly to Jeddah,” a source said. 

The flight IX 1498 will depart every Thursday at 5am from MIA to TIA. The TIA-MIA flight IX 1499 departs at 12.50pm. It is a one-hour nonstop flight. The same flights will also operate nonstop between Jeddah and MIA. 

The non-stop flight IX 499 will depart MIA at 2.50pm and reach King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah at 6.25pm. The IX498, will depart from Jeddah at 7.25pm and reach MIA early at 3.40am.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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March 15,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 15: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor at his residence in Bengaluru last month.

Yediyurappa, 81, was booked after a woman lodged a complaint saying that she visited his residence on February 2 seeking justice in a rape case against her daughter and sought that a special investigation team (SIT) be formed to look into the case.

According to the first information report (FIR), Yediyurappa allegedly took the minor to a room, closed the door and sexually assaulted her. The woman further alleged in the FIR that when she confronted Yediyurappa, he said that he was checking if the girl was raped or not. Yediyurappa later allegedly apologised and asked the woman not to reveal the matter to anyone.

The Sadashivanagar police in Bengaluru have registered a case under Section 8 (commit sexual assault) of the Pocso Act and Section 354 (a) (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Reacting to the allegations, the former CM said that around one-and-a-half months ago, they (the victim and her mother) had come to his house seeking help and he had taken them inside. 

“After listening to her, I called the city police commissioner B Dayananda over phone seeking to address her problem. Later, they spoke against me and I then suspected that there is some health problem with her. I sent them to city police commissioner’s office. I even gave her some money as they were in distress. I came to know that an FIR has been registered and will look into it. But this is what I get for helping someone,” he added.

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