31 new cases of Dengue reported in Mangaluru on Wednesday
Mangaluru: 32 new cases of Dengue fever were reported in the Dakshina Kannada District in a single day on Wednesday, indicating the severity of the situation in the District. Over the last one month, the District Administration has been busy trying to cap and prevent the number of cases of Dengue in the District.
31 new cases of Dengue were reported in Mangaluru Taluk on Wednesday while another case was of suspected Dengue was reported from Bantwal Taluk.
The District Administration, Health Department and Mangaluru City Corporation have taken steps to prevent the disease and are trying to cap the number of cases. The officials have also been visiting the areas where cases have been reported and have been advising people to take precautionary measures.
Fogging is also being carried out in the areas where Dengue cases have been reported and penalties are also being imposed on those violating the precautionary measures and have sources of water logging and stagnation of water at their homes.
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Woman in Shishila bitten by cobra while working in plantation dies
Belthangady: A woman in her mid-50s from Guddethota in Shishila village here died after suffering a snake bite while working in a plantation on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as Prema (55), was reportedly bitten by a cobra when working in a plantation located in Shishila village of the taluk on Sunday afternoon.
The members of the Shourya Disaster Response Team, who were informed of the incident, arrived at the plantation and took Prema to the Puttur Government Hospital, but the patient is learned to have died due to the intensity of the snake venom.
Prema is survived by her daughter and son.
