
Climate change could boost dengue cases
Rising temperatures and untimely rains linked to climate change are likely to push dengue cases and fatalities in the country, health experts
have warned. They have attributed this spurt to increased survival, reproduction and biting rate of the mosquitoes causing vector borne
disease.
Data speaks. Last year, mortalities due to dengue were significantly high at 247 cases till November, when compared to 66 deaths in 2020,
according to the government statistics tabled in Parliament last week.
In fact, last year in September, in a high-level meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and attended by representatives of 11
affected states/UTs, the government had flagged the emerging challenge of serotype-II dengue which is associated with more cases and
more complications than other The States reporting serotype – II dengue cases were Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, MP, UP,
Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.