9 dengue deaths over last few days in Salem district

Salem district has recorded nine dengue deaths in the last few days and 528 persons are being treated for it, the central team deputed to Tamil Nadu to examine the situation was informed today.
In his report to the five member team, Salem Government Hospital Dean Kanagaraj said nine persons had died of dengue in the last few days in the district and that 528 affected persons were undergoing treatment, official sources said.
Also, a total of 5,270 persons were under treatment for different types of fever across the district, he said.
The team, which reviewed the situation in Chennai yesterday, visited Kottagounampatti area in Omalur today and the report was submitted to the team head Kaushal Kumar, the sources said.

Senior officials and doctors from the State accompanied the team.
A report from Erode said 281 persons, mostly minor children, have been hospitalised in the past 13 days at the government headquarters hospital in the city.

Most of them were discharged after treatment, hospital sources said.
Some of the suspected dengue cases were referred to the Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, the sources said.
There are no official statistics on the number of deaths in the district.
The team had yesterday termed the 40 deaths since January in the state due to the fever as "minimal" and said there was no need to panic. They had stressed on more public cooperation in eradicating the fever spread by mosquitoes.

The team was informed by state officials that there were 40 deaths of the 12,000 dengue cases reported since January.
During discussions,the state government had sought Rs 256 crore from the Centre to enhance dengue control activities.
The team was also apprised of the state government's anti-dengue initiatives and told that they were being implemented on a "war-footing".