In a meeting held on September 1, the corporation bodies were rapped on their knuckles too, for poor data collection. For weeks as hospitals reported chikungunya cases pouring in, the number was not reflected in the MCDs data. A previous weekly report by the MCD said that the were a total of 20 chikungunya cases reported in Delhi, at odds with the numbers the hospitals were reporting. The now updated data with the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme shows 432 cases of chikungunya and 487 cases of dengue till August 31. The worry is clearly chikungunya, non fatal yet debilitating, as Delhi does not have the virulent dengue strains of last year’s near epidemic.

Source: dna September 05, 2016 01:30 UTC